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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. O'Rourke accuses ecological activists of ignoring what?
(a) Science.
(b) Citizens.
(c) Real environmental problems.
(d) The government.

2. How many tenth graders were at the high school in O'Rourke's town?
(a) 478.
(b) 79.
(c) 98.
(d) 231.

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

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

5. What was O'Rourke's family's socioeconomic status when he was a child?
(a) O'Rourke grew up in a middle-class family.
(b) O'Rourke grew up in a very wealthy family.
(c) O'Rourke grew up in poverty and lived in government housing.
(d) O'Rourke grew up in a poor family.

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

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

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

9. O'Rourke characterizes what group in Afghanistan as deceitful, violent and self-serving?
(a) The Taliban.
(b) The Afghan National Army.
(c) Al-Qaeda.
(d) The Mujahedeen.

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

11. O'Rourke argues against military cuts by talking about the happiness that every male feels when he has what in his hand?
(a) A gun.
(b) His country's flag.
(c) A paycheck.
(d) His wife's hand.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of O'Rourke's friend who learned to fly a stunt plane and decided to raise cattle?

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

4. O'Rourke says the middle class has no reason to be concerned about what drug?

5. O'Rourke says that special interest sounds like something out of a cartoon by whom?

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