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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the nineteenth century, what was the first state to make abortion illegal?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Georgia.
(c) New York.
(d) Tennessee.

2. How many names from the top ten most popular black boy's names from 1990 do not appear on the 2000 list?
(a) 7.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) 4.

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

4. What was the name of the Communist dictator of Romania who banned abortion in 1966?
(a) Havel.
(b) Ceausescu.
(c) Honnecker.
(d) Walesa.

5. As of 2004, roughly how many fetuses have been aborted in America?
(a) 72 million.
(b) 12 million.
(c) 37 million.
(d) 46 million.

6. What basketball player's recollections does Roland G. Fryer, Jr., cite in his paper "The Economics of 'Acting White'"?
(a) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
(b) Charles Barkley.
(c) Michael Jordan.
(d) Magic Johnson.

7. To what technology do the authors compare the system they use for determining regression analysis?
(a) A computer spreadsheet.
(b) An assembly line.
(c) A graphing calculator.
(d) A switchboard.

8. According to child-rearing "expert" L. Emmett Holt, what is a baby's daily exercise?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Rolling on the floor.
(c) Breastfeeding.
(d) Crying.

9. What do the authors believe will be the most likely result of your reading FREAKONOMICS?
(a) You will become angry.
(b) You will take up economics.
(c) You will ask more questions.
(d) You will promptly forget about it.

10. How many names from the top ten most popular black girls names from 1990 do not appear on the 2000 list?
(a) 7.
(b) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

11. Which pop singer do the authors mention as an example of a celebrity whose name has not caught on?
(a) Madonna.
(b) Cher.
(c) Prince.
(d) Fergie.

12. What often catalyzes a big-city mayor's decision to hire more police?
(a) An upcoming election.
(b) A high-profile murder.
(c) A visit from the President.
(d) A large public event.

13. What was the well-publicized theory that informed the new policing strategies in New York in the Nineties?
(a) The empowerment-disempowerment theory.
(b) The repeat offender theory.
(c) The borken window theory.
(d) The community development theory.

14. What is the main reason that the price of crack cocaine began to drop in the Nineties?
(a) Junkies began to switch to heroin.
(b) Tainted shipments arrived in the US.
(c) Its potency began to deteriorate.
(d) Dealers undercut each other's prices.

15. In what year did the drop in New York violent crime begin in the 1990s?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1994.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the authors acknowledge that objective thinking will not do?

2. What ratio does a pro-life individual give to fetuses:newborns in terms of intrinsic worth?

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

4. Which group in the book was undone by the Superman radio show?

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

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