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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Colonel who O'Rourke met while he was observing Operation Just Cause?
(a) Mike Snell.
(b) Drew Dotson.
(c) Jon Elrod.
(d) Alex Wulpi.

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

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

4. At the town meeting which O'Rourke attended, the town natives sat where?
(a) Scattered throughout the rows.
(b) The back row.
(c) The two middle rows.
(d) The front row.

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

6. O'Rourke says using crack cocaine makes one feel like whom?
(a) Bret Michaels.
(b) Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(c) Sting.
(d) Bruce Willis.

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

8. How does O'Rourke feel when he walks through a crowded, third-world bazaar in Afghanistan and sees the free market in action?
(a) Anger.
(b) Shock.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Admiration.

9. What branch of the military uses the USS Mobile Bay?
(a) Airforce.
(b) Marines.
(c) Navy.
(d) Army.

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

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

12. What kind of life does O'Rourke say Americans lead?
(a) A complex life.
(b) A sad life.
(c) A whiffle life.
(d) A spoiled life.

13. What was the school drop-out rate in O'Rourke's town?
(a) 23 percent.
(b) 36 percent.
(c) 11 percent.
(d) 42 percent.

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

15. Who was the deputy chief of the DEA's Cocaine Desk when O'Rourke's book was written?
(a) Dick Weart.
(b) Mike Mullin.
(c) Mario Perez.
(d) Albert Collins.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Rourke characterizes what group in Afghanistan as deceitful, violent and self-serving?

2. In what state did O'Rourke live?

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

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

5. O'Rourke mocked college bohos at the housing rally who were dressed in what color?

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