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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many poor people does O'Rourke say ask him for money on his way to work every day?
(a) 6.8 million.
(b) 3.4 million.
(c) 2.3 million.
(d) 1.9 million.

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

4. O'Rourke's wife asked him about a hurricane that hit what state?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Texas.
(d) South Carolina.

5. Every year, O'Rourke attended a meeting of his hometown where people crowd into where?
(a) A high-school gym.
(b) The council chambers.
(c) A church.
(d) A community center meeting hall.

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

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

8. What year is the District of Columbia Housing Act from?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1968.

9. Who said, "Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die"?
(a) Albert Collins.
(b) Mario Perez.
(c) Mike Mullin.
(d) Dick Weart.

10. O'Rourke visited a filthy, smelly, government-subsidized apartment complex in what city?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Compton.
(c) Newark.
(d) Detroit.

11. In what state did O'Rourke live?
(a) New York.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Maine.
(d) New Hampshire.

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

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) "My America."
(d) "America on the Outs."

14. Who was the acting director of Public Affairs at Customs when O'Rourke's book was written?
(a) Mario Perez.
(b) Mike Mullin.
(c) Dick Weart.
(d) Albert Collins.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the deadline for the last Soviet troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan?

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

4. In a disclaimer to the section, "Defense Policy: Cry 'Havoc!' and Let Slip the Hogs of Peace," O'Rourke says he now feels that what war may prove profitable?

5. O'Rourke attended a housing rally that took place where?

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