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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what country is every adult male issued a gun by the government to keep at home?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Singapore.
(c) Uzbekhistan.
(d) South Africa.

2. On what religious holiday were the dictator of Romania and his wife executed?
(a) Easter.
(b) Christmas.
(c) All Saint's Day.
(d) St. Valentine's Day.

3. Which of the following is not an unusual name given to a child in FREAKONOMICS?
(a) Loser.
(b) Ignoramus.
(c) Temptress.
(d) Shithead.

4. A Head Start teacher earns half as much annually as what?
(a) A McDonald's server.
(b) A timber cutter.
(c) A trash collector.
(d) A public school teacher.

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

6. Which of the following factors is revealed not to have a correlative effect on a child's school performance?
(a) The child is regularly spanked.
(b) The child has many books in his home.
(c) The child's parents speak English at home.
(d) The child's parents have a high socioeconomic status.

7. What two first names were place on identical resumes in the name study of this chapter?
(a) Scott and Andre.
(b) Jake and DeShawn.
(c) Connor and Dominique.
(d) Bradley and Terrell.

8. What class range does the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study cover?
(a) First through eighth grade.
(b) Kindergarten through fifth grade.
(c) Pre-K through third grade.
(d) Third grade through freshman year of high school.

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

10. According to Peter Sandman, what is the defining attribute of irrational fears that we have?
(a) They all involve death.
(b) They are covered regularly on TV.
(c) They have happened ot someone we know.
(d) They are out of our control.

11. Who was Rudolph Giuliani's police commissioner often credited with reducing crime in New York in the Nineties?
(a) Ray Kelly.
(b) Bernard Kerik.
(c) Howard Safire.
(d) William Bratton.

12. Which of the following factors is revealed not to have a correlative effect on a child's school performance?
(a) The child's family is intact.
(b) The child's parents are involved in the PTA.
(c) The child had a low birthweight.
(d) The child has highly educated parents.

13. Which of the following is not an action the authors regularly recommend in order to reach unexpected conclusions?
(a) Ask many questions.
(b) Remain objective.
(c) Move to a major city.
(d) Examine incentives.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what traditionally Jewish name did a New York Sikh change his name upon immigrating to the U.S.?

2. In what year did the drop in New York violent crime begin in the 1990s?

3. Which pop singer do the authors mention as an example of a celebrity whose name has not caught on?

4. Which name is charted in this section as having ten common variations?

5. Which of the following is a unifying attribute of parental factors that affect child development?

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