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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what satirist do the authors liken their own abortion-violent crime claim?
(a) Vonnegut.
(b) Swift.
(c) Pope.
(d) Voltaire.

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

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

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

5. The correlative educational effect seen in children whose mothers were over 30 at the birth is contingent upon what?
(a) The mother must not work until kindergarten.
(b) The mother must be college-educated.
(c) The child must be the mother's first.
(d) The child cannot be born prematurely.

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

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

8. Which of the following is a unifying attribute of parental factors that affect child development?
(a) They can be changed with proper education of new parents.
(b) They involve monetary income.
(c) They occur before the child is born.
(d) They can be medically qualitifed.

9. Why did pro-gun advocate John R. Lott create a female pseudonym?
(a) To defend his theories.
(b) To solicit sex online.
(c) To have a tax credit for a dependant.
(d) To place on his own petitions.

10. 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's parents regularly take him to museums.
(c) The child is adopted.
(d) The child's parents regularly read to him.

11. Which of the following is not a commodity that exists as a low-income version of a more high-end item?
(a) Nylon stockings.
(b) The name Tiffany.
(c) Crack cocaine.
(d) The station wagon.

12. How much does it cost to keep one American incarcerated for one year?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $35,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $25,000.

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

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

15. What name did Ms. Bledsoe intend to give her daughter, Temptress?
(a) Metress.
(b) Tamera.
(c) Tempestt.
(d) Septima.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not among the universities listed as names chosen by parents in California in the 1990s?

2. What two first names were place on identical resumes in the name study of this chapter?

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

4. Which group in the book has an organizational structure similar to McDonald's?

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

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