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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following factors is revealed not to have a correlative effect on a child's school performance?
(a) The child has many books in his home.
(b) The child is regularly spanked.
(c) The child's parents have a high socioeconomic status.
(d) The child's parents speak English at home.

3. What does Levitt credit with the rise of distinctly black names in the twentieth century?
(a) The northern migration.
(b) The rise of hip hop.
(c) The Voting Rights Act.
(d) The Black Power movement.

4. Within a single office, who cheats Paul Feldman most?
(a) Custodial staff.
(b) Visiting employees.
(c) Executives.
(d) Low level employees.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What child's name does Roland G. Fryer, Jr., say would indicate alienation from the black community?

2. In 1960s and 1970s Chicago, what never seemed to happen to street gang members?

3. To what traditionally Jewish name did a New York Sikh change his name upon immigrating to the U.S.?

4. What did the authors of FREAKONOMICS consider doing for six minutes?

5. What is the name of the first Internet web site to allow consumers to compare life insurance rates?

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