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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not an alternate source of funding in the twentieth century?
(a) Moonshine operations.
(b) Union busting.
(c) Prostitution rings.
(d) Gunrunning.

2. In a per-hour study of likelihood of dying in a plane versus a car crash, how do they compare?
(a) You are more likely to die in a plane.
(b) There is no way to figure this.
(c) You are more likely to die in a car.
(d) You are just as likely to die in either a plane or car.

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

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

5. What is Arne Duncan's first course of action after the CPS researchers release their report on cheating?
(a) He fires 12 teachers.
(b) He freezesall standardized testing in Chicago.
(c) He readministers tests.
(d) He buries the report.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the authors' hypothetical comparison of two boys' lives, where does the poor black boy grow up?

3. According to Levitt, what do experts use their knowledge for?

4. In 1964, what was a hauntingly simple cause of infant death in the American black community?

5. By what percentage did violent crime drop between 1995 and 2000?

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