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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) Uzbekhistan.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Singapore.
(d) South Africa.

2. Which figure in the book became a Harvard Fellow after doing field research in South Chicago?
(a) Sudhir Venkatesh.
(b) Arne Duncan.
(c) Ronald G. Fryer, Jr.
(d) Stephen Levitt.

3. 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.

4. 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 had a low birthweight.
(c) The child's parents are involved in the PTA.
(d) The child's family is intact.

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

6. Which of the following is not a recorded consequence of Roe v. Wade?
(a) Fewer cases of infanticide.
(b) Faster spread of STDs.
(c) More instances of conception.
(d) Fewer shotgun marriages.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What prominent talent agency did Zelman Moses found?
(a) William Morris.
(b) Abrams.
(c) CAA.
(d) Bret Adams.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the authors believe will be the most likely result of your reading FREAKONOMICS?

2. By how many percentage points did unemployment drop in America drop during the sudden curb of violent crime in the Nineties?

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

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

5. What language is most strongly represented in the list of the top 20 white girl's names that signify high-education?

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