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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The correlative educational effect seen in children whose mothers were over 30 at the birth is contingent upon what?
(a) The mother must be college-educated.
(b) The child cannot be born prematurely.
(c) The child must be the mother's first.
(d) The mother must not work until kindergarten.

2. According to Paul Feldman's records, when are people least honest?
(a) During the winter.
(b) During holiday seasons.
(c) During tax season.
(d) Early in the morning.

3. According to child-mortality statistics, what is ten times more dangerous than a gun?
(a) A swimming pool.
(b) A squirt gun.
(c) A plastic bag.
(d) A television set.

4. According to Levitt, what do experts use their knowledge for?
(a) The benefit of the uninitiated.
(b) The furthering of the status quo.
(c) A personal agenda.
(d) The greater good.

5. In what country is the daycare service examined at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Germany.
(b) Norway.
(c) Tunisia.
(d) Israel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Levitt believe there are few violent criminals in the end of the twentieth century?

2. What percentage commission does a real estate broker generally take from a home sale?

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

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

5. What is the main reason that the price of crack cocaine began to drop in the Nineties?

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