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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What percentage of the vote does an incumbent candidate lose on average if he spends half as much money in his second campaign?
(a) 3%.
(b) 1%.
(c) 5%.
(d) 7%.

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) Coal miner.
(c) Big city police officer.
(d) Deep sea fisherman.

4. How many homeless people did Mitch Snyder tell a college class die every second?
(a) 10.
(b) 25.
(c) 45.
(d) 1.

5. In what year did the Chicago Public School system begin widespread standardized testing?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1996.
(d) 2002.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what band did Sudhir Venkatesh tour as part of his sociological research?

2. By how much did the homicide rate among young black males increase over the first five years of the crack boom?

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

4. Which black politician's slim election victory indicates voters might have lied to pollsters?

5. In the media, what term is given to the new, more dangerous violent criminal in the 1990s?

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