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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which ethnicity generally tests better than whites in the ECLS?
(a) Asians.
(b) Blacks.
(c) Hispanics.
(d) Arab-Americans.

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

3. What does the ECLS show about the black-white achievement gap for students just entering school?
(a) It is slowly narrowing.
(b) It is larger than expected.
(c) It is nearly nonexistent.
(d) It has not changed since 1964.

4. Which of the following factors is revealed to have a correlative effect on a child's school performance?
(a) The child is adopted.
(b) The child is regularly spanked.
(c) The child's parents regularly read to him.
(d) The child's parents regularly take him to museums.

5. Paul Feldman makes his living delivering what to offices?
(a) Ink cartridges.
(b) Paper.
(c) Cheese trays.
(d) Bagels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What condition did Listerine claim to treat in 1920, increasing its sales dramatically?

2. How many times a year are elite sumo tournaments held?

3. By how much did the homicide rate among young black males increase over the first five years of the crack boom?

4. What basketball player's recollections does Roland G. Fryer, Jr., cite in his paper "The Economics of 'Acting White'"?

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

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