View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the name of the psychiatric professor that O'Rourke talked to about the crack cocaine problem?
(a) Marc Galanter.
(b) Sue Warren.
(c) Robin Reeder.
(d) John Haggerty.

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

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

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

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

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

10. During Operation Just Cause, O'Rourke was disgusted by the media's hysteria over what?
(a) Collateral damage.
(b) Racial slurs said by soldiers.
(c) The use of weapons in a war.
(d) Illnesses being brought back to the U.S.

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

12. The author blames the savings and loan collapse on soaring interest rates caused by what administration?
(a) Reagan.
(b) Ford.
(c) Bush.
(d) Carter.

13. What does O'Rourke say is the ultimate special interest group?
(a) National Rifle Association.
(b) Energy Lobby.
(c) Social Security.
(d) Sierra Club.

14. 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?
(a) The Cold War.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) The Gulf War.
(d) The Vietnam War.

15. The annual spending per student in O'Rourke's town is over how much?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $1,250.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $3,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. Every year, O'Rourke attended a meeting of his hometown where people crowd into where?

2. A woman at the housing rally who said she was homeless had how many kids?

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

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

5. O'Rourke says it is best to simply stay away from what Afghani tribesman?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 407 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample