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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. Who said, "Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die"?
(a) Mike Mullin.
(b) Mario Perez.
(c) Dick Weart.
(d) Albert Collins.

2. How much was the bailout of the savings-and-loan industry?
(a) $500 billion.
(b) $500 million.
(c) $100 billion.
(d) $10 billion.

3. O'Rourke considers what war to be a rare success for U.S. foreign policy?
(a) The war in Afghanistan.
(b) The war in Vietnam.
(c) The war in Korea.
(d) The war in Japan.

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

5. O'Rourke argues that modern, poor Americans earn greater income than the middle-class Americans of what year?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1975.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Rourke recalls spending an evening in what police department?

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

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

4. Who was George H. W. Bush's first Drug Czar?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does O'Rourke believe that a lot of money should be spent on the American military?

7. How does O'Rourke describe Blatherboro?

8. What does O'Rourke see when he spends an evening with the Washington DC police department?

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

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

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