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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 poor family.
(c) O'Rourke grew up in poverty and lived in government housing.
(d) O'Rourke grew up in a very wealthy family.

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

3. What is the name of the Michael Harrington book which says America had a hidden poverty?
(a) "The Other America."
(b) "The Other Side."
(c) "My America."
(d) "America on the Outs."

4. 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) Admiration.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Shock.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many poor people in America live in homes with a heated pool or a Jacuzzi, according to George Gilder?

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

4. How many poor people does O'Rourke say live in the U.S.?

5. People from O'Rourke's town attempted to block the completion of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the government wastes billions of dollars on farm subsidies, according to O'Rourke.

2. Why does O'Rourke fault environmentalists for making "big business" out to be the enemy?

3. How does O'Rourke describe Blatherboro?

4. How does O'Rourke describe the USS Mobile Bay?

5. Why does O'Rourke say that Blatherboro suffers from stupidity?

6. How does O'Rourke feel about Panama when he goes there in the wake of Operation Just Cause?

7. What does O'Rourke mean when he says that Social Security is like the nation picking its own pocket?

8. Who does O'Rourke blame for the savings and loan collapse?

9. How does O'Rourke suggest solving the problem of students dropping out of school?

10. How does O'Rourke feel about the seriousness of the problem of crack cocaine in America?

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