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

2. O'Rourke visits Afghanistan to cover the expected fall of what city?
(a) Herat.
(b) Mazar-e Sharif.
(c) Kandahar.
(d) Kabul.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. O'Rourke says that because America is the richest nation on Earth, he is surprised to still what on the street?

5. On what day did O'Rourke attend a housing rally?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does O'Rourke feel that the best policy for dealing with Afghani Pathan tribesman is to just stay away from them?

3. How does O'Rourke describe environmentalists?

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

5. What role do special interest groups play in politics?

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

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

8. How did Blatherboro block the completion of a local golf course?

9. Why does O'Rourke seem to think his family was stronger because they were not given any help?

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

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