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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 poor people in America live in homes with a heated pool or a Jacuzzi, according to George Gilder?
(a) 14,000.
(b) 22,000.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 90,000.

2. How many poor people does O'Rourke say ask him for money on his way to work every day?
(a) 3.4 million.
(b) 1.9 million.
(c) 2.3 million.
(d) 6.8 million.

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

4. What drug does O'Rourke says makes one acutely sensitive?
(a) LSD.
(b) PCP.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Cocaine.

5. What drug does O'Rourke say made kids psychotic?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Heroin.
(c) LSD.
(d) PCP.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "What we want from the taxpayers is continual cooperation!" in regard to America's drug problem?

2. What senator said "A lot more of whatever needs doing needs to be done--let's spend, spend, spend" in response to the war on drugs?

3. What is the name of the alliance that O'Rourke traveled into poverty stricken areas with?

4. O'Rourke argues against military cuts by talking about the happiness that every male feels when he has what in his hand?

5. O'Rourke visited a filthy, smelly, government-subsidized apartment complex in what city?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 feel about American poverty at the beginning of "Poverty Policy: How to Endow Privation"?

4. How does O'Rourke feel about the government's treatment of the nation's problem with drugs?

5. How does O'Rourke describe Blatherboro?

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

7. Why does O'Rourke say Americans will not find a solution to the problem of drugs in the country?

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

9. How does O'Rourke feel about Social Security after visiting the AARP?

10. How does O'Rourke feel about claims of collateral damage during Operation Just Cause?

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