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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What country did O'Rourke visit in the wake of Operation Just Cause?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Panama.
(d) Chile.

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

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

6. O'Rourke mocked college bohos at the housing rally who were dressed in what color?
(a) Beige.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Pink.

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

8. O'Rourke says the hysteria over drugs in the middle class could be the product of what?
(a) Racism.
(b) Agoraphobia.
(c) A corrupt prison system.
(d) Sexist.

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

10. What is the official office of the Drug Czar?
(a) Office of National Drug Control Policy.
(b) Association of National Drug Reduction Policy.
(c) Association of American Drug Reduction Policy.
(d) Office of American Drug Control Policy.

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

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

13. O'Rourke claims that Social Security serves only to pad the bank accounts of whom?
(a) Immigrants.
(b) The wealthiest Americans.
(c) Minorities.
(d) Senior citizens.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O'Rourke say is the ultimate special interest group?

2. What is the name of the Michael Harrington book which says America had a hidden poverty?

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

4. O'Rourke says using crack cocaine makes one feel like whom?

5. O'Rourke's friend's son got busted for selling what drug?

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