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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. In what crime-ridden neighborhood did Venkatesh do his graduate research?
(a) South Chicago.
(b) The South Bronx.
(c) East St. Louis.
(d) South Central Los Angeles.

2. What precipitates a member of JT's gang's bringing the Black Gangster Disciple Nation's financial records to Venkatesh?
(a) JT's death.
(b) The demolition of the Nation's housing project.
(c) The accountant's child's birth.
(d) A federal indictment.

3. According to Levitt, what do experts use their knowledge for?
(a) The greater good.
(b) The benefit of the uninitiated.
(c) A personal agenda.
(d) The furthering of the status quo.

4. By how much did the homicide rate among young black males increase over the first five years of the crack boom?
(a) It tripled.
(b) It doubled.
(c) It quadrupled.
(d) It increased by half.

5. What portion of the full commission does the seller's real estate agent generally get to keep?
(a) One third.
(b) One half.
(c) All of it.
(d) One fourth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the central action of economics?

2. Which of the following is not a public figure that the author mentions as a wealthy man purchasing public office?

3. What is Arne Duncan's first course of action after the CPS researchers release their report on cheating?

4. In 1964, what was a hauntingly simple cause of infant death in the American black community?

5. When do 7-7 sumo wrestlers begin losing matches most often?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Stetson Kennedy use the information he compiled about the Ku Klux Klan?

2. What argument do the authors make about experts?

3. Why is information crime so difficult to catch?

4. Why is a real estate agent inclined to keep her own house on the market longer than her client's?

5. What does Paul Feldman learn about honesty from his bagel business?

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

7. What is important to women on dating sites?

8. Why had Chicago public schools already been standardized testing for years before No Child Left Behind?

9. Why would some winning sumo wrestlers throw a match?

10. How is a sumo wrestler's life affected by his ranking?

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