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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. O'Rourke argues that pollution is a byproduct of what?
(a) Progress.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Greed.
(d) Laziness.

4. What drug does O'Rourke says makes one acutely sensitive?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) LSD.
(c) PCP.
(d) Marijuana.

5. O'Rourke's friend's son got busted for selling what drug?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Heroin.
(c) PCP.
(d) Cocaine.

6. O'Rourke says it is best to simply stay away from what Afghani tribesman?
(a) Jadran.
(b) Mangal.
(c) Pathan.
(d) Tani.

7. Why do retirees move to the state where O'Rourke lives?
(a) For its beaches.
(b) For its tax policy.
(c) For its golf courses.
(d) For its amusement parks.

8. O'Rourke is critical of the way that America hands over food, aid and arms to what country?
(a) Iran.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) China.

9. O'Rourke says that special interest sounds like something out of a cartoon by whom?
(a) Thomas Nast.
(b) Daryl Cagle.
(c) J. P. Trostle.
(d) John Chase.

10. How much money does O'Rourke believe the government wastes on farm subsidies?
(a) Billions of dollars.
(b) Hundreds of thousands of dollars.
(c) Hundreds of millions of dollars.
(d) Millions of dollars.

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

12. How many poor people does O'Rourke say live in the U.S.?
(a) 32.5 million.
(b) 45 million.
(c) 12.4 million.
(d) 24.2 million.

13. How many tenth graders were at the high school in O'Rourke's town?
(a) 98.
(b) 478.
(c) 79.
(d) 231.

14. What name did O'Rourke give to the town where he lives?
(a) Anytown.
(b) Middlebrooke.
(c) Hopeville.
(d) Blatherboro.

15. O'Rourke says the middle class has no reason to be concerned about what drug?
(a) LSD.
(b) Crack cocaine.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Crystal meth.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Rourke visited a government-owned complex with windows made of what?

2. What branch of the military uses the USS Mobile Bay?

3. Hoping to see poverty first hand, O'Rourke took a trip where?

4. What senator said "A lot more of whatever needs doing needs to be done--let's spend, spend, spend" in response to the war on drugs?

5. What Washington Square Press series does "The Negro in the City" belong to?

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