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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which black politician's slim election victory indicates voters might have lied to pollsters?
(a) David Dinkins.
(b) Cory Booker.
(c) Harold Ford, Jr.
(d) Barack Obama.

2. What percentage of people actually pays for Paul Feldman's wares?
(a) 87%.
(b) 12%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 100%,

3. What name did Ms. Bledsoe intend to give her daughter, Temptress?
(a) Tempestt.
(b) Tamera.
(c) Septima.
(d) Metress.

4. What often catalyzes a big-city mayor's decision to hire more police?
(a) An upcoming election.
(b) A high-profile murder.
(c) A large public event.
(d) A visit from the President.

5. What percentage of his revenue does JT pay to the Board of Directors?
(a) 10%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 5%.

Short Answer Questions

1. The correlative educational effect seen in children whose mothers were over 30 at the birth is contingent upon what?

2. On what religious holiday were the dictator of Romania and his wife executed?

3. According to a quoted study in FREAKONOMICS, by what percentage is an aborted child more likely to have grown up in poverty than one that is born?

4. What percentage of the vote does an incumbent candidate lose on average if he spends half as much money in his second campaign?

5. On average, what percentage of the student population is black in a school that an ECLS white child attends?

(see the answer key)

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