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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1964, what was a hauntingly simple cause of infant death in the American black community?
(a) Malnourishment.
(b) Diarrhea.
(c) Colic.
(d) Elephantisis.

2. How do teachers most often cheat on standardized tests?
(a) They never administer the test.
(b) They erase wrong answers.
(c) They read the answers to the children.
(d) They allow children to have books out.

3. What percentage of his revenue does JT pay to the Board of Directors?
(a) 30%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 5%.

4. In his introduction, what does Levitt say he wants to replace with honest assessment?
(a) Social bias.
(b) Conventional wisdom.
(c) Dogma.
(d) Moral posturing.

5. What Supreme Court case involved Norma McCorvey as plaintiff?
(a) Gibbons v. Ogden.
(b) Plessy v. Ferguson.
(c) Brown v. Board of Education.
(d) Roe v. Wade.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which pop singer do the authors mention as an example of a celebrity whose name has not caught on?

3. What two first names were place on identical resumes in the name study of this chapter?

4. A quoted study in the text suggest that the United States would have to pay 46 billion dollars to save what animal from extinction?

5. What do the authors argue is the primary incentive for not soliciting a prostitute?

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