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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do teachers most often cheat on standardized tests?
(a) They never administer the test.
(b) They read the answers to the children.
(c) They erase wrong answers.
(d) They allow children to have books out.

2. On average, how many more days does a real estate agent generally keep her own house on the market as opposed to someone else's?
(a) 15.
(b) 5.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

3. In 1920, how many black children out of 100 died in infancy?
(a) 24 of 100.
(b) 2 of 100.
(c) 45 of 100.
(d) 13 of 100.

4. How much did JT's revenue increase over the four year period chronicled in Booty's financial records?
(a) It quadrupled.
(b) It remained mostly consistent.
(c) It tripled.
(d) It doubled.

5. Within a single office, who cheats Paul Feldman most?
(a) Low level employees.
(b) Executives.
(c) Visiting employees.
(d) Custodial staff.

Short Answer Questions

1. In summation, what does Levitt claim was the source of the Klan's power in the twentieth century?

2. At what preeminent university does Venkatesh meet Steven Levitt?

3. What is the average annual salary of a bottom-tier sumo wrestler?

4. According to James Alan Fox in 1995, what is the minimum rise in violent crime to be expected in the next decade?

5. By what percentage did violent crime drop between 1995 and 2000?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what extent is the winning of a conventional wisdom battle key to achieving public success?

2. What is the nature of discrimination on The Weakest Link?

3. How does Venkatesh get his hands on JT's financial records?

4. How does terminology help real estate agents set a price for a house?

5. How is the organizational structure of the Black Gangster Disciple Nation similar to McDonald's?

6. How have attitudes toward public bigotry changed in recent years?

7. How did Sudhir Venkatesh become acquainted with the Black Gangster Disciple Nation?

8. What argument do the authors make about experts?

9. What mindset do the authors ask the reader to take at the end of the introduction?

10. What example do the authors use at the end of the chapter to show that people will cheat if they know they won't be caught?

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