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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the deadline for the last Soviet troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan?
(a) March 12, 1989.
(b) February 15, 1989.
(c) December 27, 1988.
(d) January, 2 1989.

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

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

4. At the town meeting which O'Rourke attended, the elderly retired people sat where?
(a) Scattered throughout the rows.
(b) In the front row.
(c) They sit closest to the exit.
(d) In the back row.

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

6. Who is the author of a book about the failure of poverty programs called "Losing Ground"?
(a) Yolanda Harrison.
(b) Denise Adams.
(c) Boyd Hobbs.
(d) Charles Murray.

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

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

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

10. What senator said "A lot more of whatever needs doing needs to be done--let's spend, spend, spend" in response to the war on drugs?
(a) Carl Levin.
(b) Joe Biden.
(c) Byron Dorgan.
(d) Bernie Sanders.

11. O'Rourke attended a housing rally that took place where?
(a) New York City.
(b) Washington, DC.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Los Angeles.

12. People from O'Rourke's town attempted to block the completion of what?
(a) A liquor store.
(b) An apartment complex.
(c) A movie theater.
(d) A local golf course.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The annual spending per student in O'Rourke's town is over how much?

4. What kind of life does O'Rourke say Americans lead?

5. What is the name of the hurricane that O'Rourke's wife asked him about?

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