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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 American children per year would be saved if parents childproofed their pools?
(a) 175.
(b) 250.
(c) 30.
(d) 400.

2. What is Stetson Kennedy's pseudonym at the Pittsburgh Courier?
(a) Superman.
(b) Daddy Mention.
(c) John Brown.
(d) Simon LaGre.

3. In 1920, how many black children out of 100 died in infancy?
(a) 2 of 100.
(b) 13 of 100.
(c) 45 of 100.
(d) 24 of 100.

4. Which of the following is an action that Gyges undertakes in the story that ends Chapter 1?
(a) He feeds an entire village.
(b) He sleeps for twenty years.
(c) He murders the king.
(d) He starts a war.

5. In New York City, what did analysts credit with the precipitous drop in violent crime?
(a) Innovative policing.
(b) Number cooking.
(c) After-school programs.
(d) Community development.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does it cost to keep one American incarcerated for one year?

2. What is the only television show to regularly appear on the top ten watched lists of both black and white viewers?

3. In what year did the Chicago Public School system begin widespread standardized testing?

4. What comedic Hollywood icon does Levitt quote regarding honesty in this chapter?

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

(see the answer key)

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