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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 community development theory.
(d) The borken window theory.

3. 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.

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

5. What does Levitt credit with the rise of distinctly black names in the twentieth century?
(a) The Black Power movement.
(b) The Voting Rights Act.
(c) The northern migration.
(d) The rise of hip hop.

6. What is the approximate ratio of abortions:murders in America as stated at the end of the chapter?
(a) 100:1.
(b) 50:1.
(c) 1:1.
(d) 75:1.

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

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

9. According to the authors, what must one balance to reach a new perspective?
(a) Intelligence and intuition.
(b) Skepticism and faith.
(c) Ego and uncertainty.
(d) Hope and fear.

10. Which group in the book was undone by the Superman radio show?
(a) The Black Gangster Disciple Nation.
(b) The Ku Klux Klan.
(c) The Sumo Wrestling League.
(d) The Chicago Public School system.

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

12. Who was the hypothetical black boy in the Chapter 5 comparison?
(a) J.T.
(b) Roland G. Fryer, Jr.
(c) Stephen Levitt.
(d) Barack Obama.

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

14. How many American children per year would be saved if parents childproofed their pools?
(a) 400.
(b) 30.
(c) 250.
(d) 175.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In a per-hour study of likelihood of dying in a plane versus a car crash, how do they compare?

2. Which of the following factors is revealed to have a correlative effect on a child's school performance?

3. What child's name does Roland G. Fryer, Jr., say would indicate alienation from the black community?

4. What class range does the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study cover?

5. The correlative educational effect seen in children whose mothers were over 30 at the birth is contingent upon what?

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