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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. Which former Supreme Court Justice do the authors quote at the end of the section on capital punishment?
(a) Robert Renquist.
(b) Warren Burger.
(c) Henry Blackmun.
(d) Thurgood Marshall.

2. What term did James Alan Fox use to describe the spike in crime he predicted in the mid 1990s?
(a) Bloodbath.
(b) Cataclysm.
(c) Free-for-all.
(d) Armageddon.

3. What final factor do the authors say affects the way a child develops?
(a) Random fate.
(b) God.
(c) Peer pressure.
(d) Drugs.

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

5. According to child-mortality statistics, what is ten times more dangerous than a gun?
(a) A squirt gun.
(b) A swimming pool.
(c) A television set.
(d) A plastic bag.

Short Answer Questions

1. A Head Start teacher earns half as much annually as what?

2. What does Levitt credit with the rise of distinctly black names in the twentieth century?

3. Which pop singer do the authors mention as an example of a celebrity whose name has not caught on?

4. Which of the following is not a recorded consequence of Roe v. Wade?

5. According to child-rearing "expert" L. Emmett Holt, what is a baby's daily exercise?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the authors explain the above contradiction in fears?

2. According to Dubner and Levitt, what is the essential function of the gun?

3. How do the authors address the moral outrage their theories may elicit?

4. What situation in Chicago in 1980 offers the authors a chance to review the effect of education on children's development?

5. Why did the influence of crack cocaine decline in the 1990s?

6. What is regression analysis?

7. What determination do the authors make regarding parenting in this chapter?

8. What hypothetical comparison do the authors create between two boys' upbringings?

9. What study is cited involving names and job hiring?

10. What national trends regarding crime in the nineties belie the relevance of the Giuliani-Bratton strategy?

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