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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the common enemy that environmentalists have, according to the author?
(a) Television.
(b) Big business.
(c) Waste management companies.
(d) Politicians.

3. What tax did the natives of O'Rourke's town fear that the retirees would inflate?
(a) Hotel tax.
(b) Property tax.
(c) Sales tax.
(d) Food tax.

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

5. Who was the acting director of Public Affairs at Customs when O'Rourke's book was written?
(a) Albert Collins.
(b) Mario Perez.
(c) Mike Mullin.
(d) Dick Weart.

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

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

8. Hoping to see poverty first hand, O'Rourke took a trip where?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Staten Island.
(d) Queens.

9. 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 Vietnam War.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) The Cold War.
(d) The Gulf War.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What TV network said the housing rally had 40,000 to 250,000 people present?
(a) FOX.
(b) ABC.
(c) NBC.
(d) CBS.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "largest part" of the USS Mobile Bay, according to the author?

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

3. What drug does O'Rourke says makes one acutely sensitive?

4. O'Rourke says the hysteria over drugs in the middle class could be the product of what?

5. What name did O'Rourke give to the town where he lives?

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