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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What negative consequence do the authors say derives from unconventional thinking?
(a) It makes one unpopular.
(b) It often leads to dead ends.
(c) It rarely leads to profit.
(d) It stymies action.

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

3. According to the authors, what does Freakonomics thinking not traffic in?
(a) Product endorsement.
(b) Morality.
(c) False hope.
(d) Policy.

4. What term did James Alan Fox use to describe the spike in crime he predicted in the mid 1990s?
(a) Armageddon.
(b) Bloodbath.
(c) Cataclysm.
(d) Free-for-all.

5. Which group in the book has an organizational structure similar to McDonald's?
(a) The Ku Klux Klan.
(b) The Chicago Public School System.
(c) The Black Gangster Disciple Nation.
(d) The Sumo Wrestling League.

6. Who was the hypothetical white boy in the Chapter 5 comparison?
(a) Timothy McVeigh.
(b) Ted Bundy.
(c) Jeffrey Dahmer.
(d) Ted Kaczyniski.

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

8. On average, what percentage of the student population is black in a school that an ECLS white child attends?
(a) 20%.
(b) 6%.
(c) 13%.
(d) 16%.

9. What service was offered in exchange for firearms in a California gun buyback?
(a) Massage.
(b) Haircuts.
(c) Psychotherapy.
(d) Carwashes.

10. At the beginning of the Epilogue, the authors reiterate what point made in the Prologue?
(a) Conventionally wisdom is often wrong.
(b) Objectivity is key to understanding the world.
(c) Experts follow a personal agenda.
(d) The book has no unifying theme.

11. What language is most strongly represented in the list of the top 20 white girl's names that signify high-education?
(a) French.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) Arabic.
(d) German.

12. In a per-hour study of likelihood of dying in a plane versus a car crash, how do they compare?
(a) You are more likely to die in a plane.
(b) There is no way to figure this.
(c) You are just as likely to die in either a plane or car.
(d) You are more likely to die in a car.

13. What do the authors claim is the essential function of a gun?
(a) To kill someone.
(b) To hunt and defend.
(c) To disrupt the natural order.
(d) To alter the image of its owner.

14. Which is a Hebrew name that the authors suggest may catch on en masse in the years to come?
(a) Zofia.
(b) Zev.
(c) Oona.
(d) Aviva.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the number one white girl name that indicates low education in a parent?

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

3. What is the approximate ratio of abortions:murders in America as stated at the end of the chapter?

4. Which of the following is not an action the authors regularly recommend in order to reach unexpected conclusions?

5. What final factor do the authors say affects the way a child develops?

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