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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. O'Rourke recalls spending an evening in what police department?
(a) The Atlanta police department.
(b) The New York police department.
(c) The Los Angeles police department.
(d) The Washington, DC police department.

2. O'Rourke believed his town spent too little on what?
(a) Road improvements.
(b) Renovating old buildings.
(c) The fire department.
(d) Law enforcement.

3. What is the common enemy that environmentalists have, according to the author?
(a) Big business.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Television.
(d) Waste management companies.

4. In what year did the government begin formulating agricultural policy?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1794.

5. What tax did the natives of O'Rourke's town fear that the retirees would inflate?
(a) Hotel tax.
(b) Sales tax.
(c) Property tax.
(d) Food tax.

6. Who wrote the pamphlet called "'The Poor among Us--Challenge and Opportunity"?
(a) Max Stephens.
(b) Maxwell Stewart.
(c) Stewart Matthews.
(d) Stuart Marx.

7. People from O'Rourke's town attempted to block the completion of what?
(a) A liquor store.
(b) A movie theater.
(c) A local golf course.
(d) An apartment complex.

8. What percent of poor people in America own their own homes, according to George Gilder?
(a) 20 percent.
(b) 40 percent.
(c) 5 percent.
(d) 50 percent.

9. On what day did O'Rourke attend a housing rally?
(a) October 7.
(b) July 16.
(c) February 23.
(d) March 1.

10. A woman at the housing rally who said she was homeless had how many kids?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

11. What drug does O'Rourke says makes a person think they can fly?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) LSD.
(d) PCP.

12. What is the "largest part" of the USS Mobile Bay, according to the author?
(a) Explosives.
(b) Men.
(c) Guns.
(d) Electronics.

13. What is the name of the Michael Harrington book which says America had a hidden poverty?
(a) "The Other Side."
(b) "The Other America."
(c) "America on the Outs."
(d) "My America."

14. O'Rourke characterizes what group in Afghanistan as deceitful, violent and self-serving?
(a) The Afghan National Army.
(b) The Mujahedeen.
(c) Al-Qaeda.
(d) The Taliban.

15. O'Rourke concludes that, in a democracy, the whores are whom?
(a) The citizens.
(b) The politicians.
(c) Big businesses.
(d) Special interest groups.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do retirees move to the state where O'Rourke lives?

2. How many poor people does O'Rourke say ask him for money on his way to work every day?

3. During Operation Just Cause, O'Rourke was disgusted by the media's hysteria over what?

4. How much money does O'Rourke believe the government wastes on farm subsidies?

5. What kind of life does O'Rourke say Americans lead?

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