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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. O'Rourke considers what war to be a rare success for U.S. foreign policy?
(a) The war in Afghanistan.
(b) The war in Vietnam.
(c) The war in Korea.
(d) The war in Japan.

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

3. What is the name of the hurricane that O'Rourke's wife asked him about?
(a) Hugo.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Avery.
(d) Marcus.

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

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

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

7. What is the name of the alliance that O'Rourke traveled into poverty stricken areas with?
(a) Idealists.
(b) Guardian Angels.
(c) Phoenix House.
(d) Times Square.

8. O'Rourke concludes that, because government can stifle the free market, government is what?
(a) Frightening.
(b) Necessary.
(c) All powerful.
(d) Immoral.

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

10. How many ninth graders were at the high school in O'Rourke's town?
(a) 324.
(b) 67.
(c) 445.
(d) 124.

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

12. What Washington Square Press series does "The Negro in the City" belong to?
(a) "Problems with America's Suburbs."
(b) "Difficulties in America."
(c) "Problems of American Society."
(d) "The Difficulties of Living in America."

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

14. How much was the bailout of the savings-and-loan industry?
(a) $10 billion.
(b) $500 billion.
(c) $500 million.
(d) $100 billion.

15. Who said, "What we want from the taxpayers is continual cooperation!" in regard to America's drug problem?
(a) Mario Perez.
(b) Dick Weart.
(c) Albert Collins.
(d) Mike Mullin.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Rourke is critical of the way that America hands over food, aid and arms to what country?

2. O'Rourke argues that modern, poor Americans earn greater income than the middle-class Americans of what year?

3. What country did O'Rourke visit in the wake of Operation Just Cause?

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 visits Afghanistan to cover the expected fall of what city?

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