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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Lindsay Graham.
(c) Trent Lott.
(d) Jim Demint.

2. Which ethnicity generally tests better than whites in the ECLS?
(a) Hispanics.
(b) Arab-Americans.
(c) Asians.
(d) Blacks.

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

4. Which former Supreme Court Justice do the authors quote at the end of the section on capital punishment?
(a) Thurgood Marshall.
(b) Henry Blackmun.
(c) Robert Renquist.
(d) Warren Burger.

5. Which President spoke to the House of Representatives early about the dangers of the Ku Klux Klan?
(a) Harrison.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Grant.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what city is Norma McCorvey?

2. What is Stetson Kennedy's pseudonym at the Pittsburgh Courier?

3. Researchers determining whether teachers are encouraging cheating on standardized tests observe classes over how many years?

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

5. Which of the following is not among the universities listed as names chosen by parents in California in the 1990s?

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