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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 does O'Rourke say live in the U.S.?
(a) 12.4 million.
(b) 45 million.
(c) 24.2 million.
(d) 32.5 million.
2. O'Rourke says the middle class has no reason to be concerned about what drug?
(a) Crystal meth.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Crack cocaine.
(d) LSD.
3. Who was George H. W. Bush's first Drug Czar?
(a) Barry McCaffrey.
(b) William Bennet.
(c) John P. Walters.
(d) Lee P. Brown.
4. O'Rourke visited a filthy, smelly, government-subsidized apartment complex in what city?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Newark.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Compton.
5. O'Rourke recalls spending an evening in what police department?
(a) The Los Angeles police department.
(b) The Atlanta police department.
(c) The Washington, DC police department.
(d) The New York police department.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was the acting director of Public Affairs at Customs when O'Rourke's book was written?
2. What drug does O'Rourke say made kids psychotic?
3. Who said, "Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die"?
4. In "Defense Policy: Cry 'Havoc!' and "Let Slip the Hogs of Peace," O'Rourke worried that what country still posed a threat and might be waiting for America to fall beneath the weight of its own dissent?
5. O'Rourke visits Afghanistan to cover the expected fall of what city?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does O'Rourke feels that Blatherboro is out of its depth when it comes to city planning?
2. How does O'Rourke feel about claims of collateral damage during Operation Just Cause?
3. How does O'Rourke describe the USS Mobile Bay?
4. How does O'Rourke feel about the housing project he visits in Newark?
5. Explain how the government wastes billions of dollars on farm subsidies, according to O'Rourke.
6. How does O'Rourke describe Blatherboro?
7. Why does O'Rourke say that Blatherboro suffers from stupidity?
8. How does O'Rourke feel about Panama when he goes there in the wake of Operation Just Cause?
9. Why does O'Rourke seem to think his family was stronger because they were not given any help?
10. Who does O'Rourke blame for the savings and loan collapse?
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