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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following factors is revealed to have a correlative effect on a child's school performance?
(a) The child has a low birth weight.
(b) The child's parents recently moved to a better neighborhood.
(c) The child attended Head Start.
(d) The child frequently watches television.

2. Which name is charted in this section as having ten common variations?
(a) Tiffany.
(b) Tabitha.
(c) Brandi.
(d) Jasmine.

3. According to a quoted study in FREAKONOMICS, by what percentage is an aborted child more likely to have grown up in poverty than one that is born?
(a) 75%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 100%.
(d) 50%.

4. What do the authors argue is the primary incentive for not soliciting a prostitute?
(a) The fear of paying a large fine.
(b) The fear of public ridicule.
(c) The fear of losing one's family.
(d) The fear of going to jail.

5. What is the number one white girl name that indicates low education in a parent?
(a) Mercedes.
(b) Tonya.
(c) Tabatha.
(d) Angel.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what religious holiday were the dictator of Romania and his wife executed?

2. In what country is every adult male issued a gun by the government to keep at home?

3. The correlative educational effect seen in children whose mothers were over 30 at the birth is contingent upon what?

4. Why did pro-gun advocate John R. Lott create a female pseudonym?

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

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