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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. In what state did O'Rourke live?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) New York.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Maine.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Rourke attended a housing rally for what group?

2. What is the name of the Colonel who O'Rourke met while he was observing Operation Just Cause?

3. O'Rourke argues that pollution is a byproduct of what?

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

5. O'Rourke believed his town spent too much on what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does O'Rourke feel about the housing project he visits in Newark?

2. How does O'Rourke describe Blatherboro?

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

4. How does O'Rourke see a connection between the fear of crack cocaine in America and racism?

5. How does O'Rourke feel about his town government blocking the building of a golf course?

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

7. Describe O'Rourke's experience when he joined the Guardian Angels on a drug den raid.

8. How does O'Rourke feel about American poverty at the beginning of "Poverty Policy: How to Endow Privation"?

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

10. How does O'Rourke describe environmentalists?

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