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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. Hoping to see poverty first hand, O'Rourke took a trip where?
(a) Staten Island.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Queens.
2. What kind of life does O'Rourke say Americans lead?
(a) A spoiled life.
(b) A whiffle life.
(c) A sad life.
(d) A complex life.
3. Who was George H. W. Bush's first Drug Czar?
(a) William Bennet.
(b) John P. Walters.
(c) Barry McCaffrey.
(d) Lee P. Brown.
4. Townsfolk from O'Rourke's town decided that any new sewer system costing more than how much had to be approved by a special town meeting?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $300,000.
(d) $175,000.
5. What percent of poor people in America own telephones, according to George Gilder?
(a) 80 percent.
(b) 70 percent.
(c) 50 percent.
(d) 60 percent.
Short Answer Questions
1. At the town meeting which O'Rourke attended, the elderly retired people sat where?
2. O'Rourke's wife asked him about a hurricane that hit what state?
3. O'Rourke visited a filthy, smelly, government-subsidized apartment complex in what city?
4. What is the name of the Colonel who O'Rourke met while he was observing Operation Just Cause?
5. O'Rourke concludes that, in a democracy, the whores are whom?
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. Why does O'Rourke feels that Blatherboro is out of its depth when it comes to city planning?
3. How does O'Rourke feel about claims of collateral damage during Operation Just Cause?
4. How does O'Rourke feel about the war in Afghanistan?
5. How does O'Rourke feel about Social Security after visiting the AARP?
6. How did Blatherboro block the completion of a local golf course?
7. Why does O'Rourke say that Blatherboro suffers from stupidity?
8. How does O'Rourke describe environmentalists?
9. How does O'Rourke feel about the housing project he visits in Newark?
10. How does O'Rourke describe Blatherboro?
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