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

2. For what year are the authors attempting to forecast when they list possible future popular names at the end of the chapter?
(a) 2040.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2050.
(d) 2025.

3. On average, what percentage of the student population is black in a school that an ECLS white child attends?
(a) 13%.
(b) 16%.
(c) 6%.
(d) 20%.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which group in the book has an organizational structure similar to McDonald's?

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

4. How many American children per year would be saved if parents childproofed their pools?

5. What negative consequence do the authors say derives from unconventional thinking?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Roland G. Fryer, Jr., figure into the book both as a source and a topic?

2. What policy recommendations do the authors make regarding their theories?

3. How do the authors explain the correlation between number of books and achievement?

4. How is name-choice an indicator of parenting?

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

6. What connection exists between celebrity and popular names?

7. What action do the authors of FREAKONOMICS think a reader might take after finishing the book?

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

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

10. What theory guided Rudolph Giuliani and William Bratton in their policing strategies of the Nineties?

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