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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following factors is revealed to have a correlative effect on a child's school performance?
(a) The child frequently watches television.
(b) The child's parents recently moved to a better neighborhood.
(c) The child has a low birth weight.
(d) The child attended Head Start.

2. What surprising fact about themselves do 7% of the men in the dating-site study reveal on their profiles?
(a) They are married.
(b) They are impotent.
(c) They are overweight.
(d) They are only interested in one race of mate.

3. The authors compare the risk of a crack dealer in JT's gang to the most dangerous job in America. What is that job?
(a) Timber cutter.
(b) Deep sea fisherman.
(c) Big city police officer.
(d) Coal miner.

4. What ratio does a pro-life individual give to fetuses:newborns in terms of intrinsic worth?
(a) This person could not assign a value.
(b) 2:1.
(c) 1:2.
(d) 1:1.

5. In what country is the daycare service examined at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Israel.
(b) Germany.
(c) Tunisia.
(d) Norway.

Short Answer Questions

1. What often catalyzes a big-city mayor's decision to hire more police?

2. Which racist American figure is the focus of the final passage of this chapter?

3. What is the median annual income of the neighborhood in which the Black Gangster Disciple Nation operates?

4. Which film boxer do the authors cite in their discussion of honesty in sports?

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

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