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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the authors claim is the essential function of a gun?
(a) To alter the image of its owner.
(b) To kill someone.
(c) To hunt and defend.
(d) To disrupt the natural order.

2. In New York City, what did analysts credit with the precipitous drop in violent crime?
(a) Number cooking.
(b) Community development.
(c) After-school programs.
(d) Innovative policing.

3. According to child-rearing "expert" L. Emmett Holt, what is a baby's daily exercise?
(a) Rolling on the floor.
(b) Crying.
(c) Breastfeeding.
(d) Sleeping.

4. What conservative American politician does Levitt cite as an example of a victim of the country's changing attitudes toward bigotry?
(a) Tom Delay.
(b) Trent Lott.
(c) Jim Demint.
(d) Lindsay Graham.

5. What did the clan call its book of beliefs?
(a) The Klible.
(b) The Klorah.
(c) The Kloran.
(d) The Klagavaad Klita.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Americans use dating websites every year?

2. What Supreme Court case involved Norma McCorvey as plaintiff?

3. What language is most strongly represented in the list of the top 20 white girl's names that signify high-education?

4. What ratio does a pro-life individual give to fetuses:newborns in terms of intrinsic worth?

5. At the end of this chapter, Levitt compares an aspiring parent to what equally deluded hypothetical figure from earlier in the book?

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