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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Levitt ask of his reader at the end of the introduction?
(a) Patience.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Money.
(d) Objectivity.

2. What portion of the full commission does the seller's real estate agent generally get to keep?
(a) One half.
(b) One third.
(c) All of it.
(d) One fourth.

3. What is Stetson Kennedy's pseudonym at the Pittsburgh Courier?
(a) Superman.
(b) Simon LaGre.
(c) Daddy Mention.
(d) John Brown.

4. Why does Levitt believe there are few violent criminals in the end of the twentieth century?
(a) They were incarcerated at a younger age.
(b) They have been better educated.
(c) They were never born.
(d) They had less access to weapons.

5. What percentage commission does a real estate broker generally take from a home sale?
(a) 10%.
(b) 6%.
(c) 4%.
(d) 12%.

Short Answer Questions

1. A Head Start teacher earns half as much annually as what?

2. In New York City, what did analysts credit with the precipitous drop in violent crime?

3. How many names from the top ten most popular black boy's names from 1990 do not appear on the 2000 list?

4. The authors compare the risk of a crack dealer in JT's gang to the most dangerous job in America. What is that job?

5. Which realm of employment is not a turn-on to women on dating sites?

(see the answer key)

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