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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many names from the top ten most popular black boy's names from 1990 do not appear on the 2000 list?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

2. On average, what percentage of the student population is black in a school that an ECLS white child attends?
(a) 13%.
(b) 16%.
(c) 6%.
(d) 20%.

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

4. In the media, what term is given to the new, more dangerous violent criminal in the 1990s?
(a) Hyperstatistic.
(b) Superpredator.
(c) Enhanced threat.
(d) Droog.

5. According to child-rearing "expert" L. Emmett Holt, what is a baby's daily exercise?
(a) Crying.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Rolling on the floor.
(d) Breastfeeding.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the Black Gangster Disciple Nation hold Venkatesh in the stairwell the first time he happens upon them?

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

3. What Eighties movie comedy was instrumental in the popularity of the name Madison?

4. How long did JT run the Black Gangster Disciple Nation before being promoted to the Board of Directors?

5. What did DuPont introduce in 1939 to make stockings more affordable?

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