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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. What hunting people lives in the Kalahari desert?
(a) The Kung San!
(b) The Kung San?
(c) The Kung! San.
(d) The !Kung San.

2. What can diminish a child's ability to understand and learn?
(a) Television.
(b) Parental drug use.
(c) Poor nutrition.
(d) Physical abuse.

3. What did Carlos and his manager do to the host of the Australian Today Show?
(a) Put a curse on him.
(b) Leave the set of his show.
(c) Throw water at him.
(d) All of the below.

4. What sport does Carl Sagan like?
(a) Lacrosse.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Hockey.
(d) Football.

5. What children's game is similar to the way we pass information without reading?
(a) Hide-and-seek.
(b) Telephone.
(c) Monopoly.
(d) Hopscotch.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to one critic, what is James Randi obsessed with?

2. What nicknames did Rep. J. Parnell Thomas give to Dr. Edward U. Condon?

3. Why is it interesting to write for Parade magazine?

4. What was Darwin just about to do when he set sail on the H.M.S. Beagle?

5. What does ACLU stand for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What negative traits sometimes exist in skeptics?

2. According to Sagan, why do we stereotype?

3. What happens to students between kindergarten and graduating high school?

4. How is the baloney detection kit used in this chapter?

5. How are scientists generally portrayed on television?

6. What is the story of Carlos?

7. What happens in environments of established knowledge? What happens when what needs to be learned changes quickly?

8. What great responsibility does science have?

9. What is the relationship between ancient hunters and scientists?

10. Describe the response that Carl Sagan's article in Parade magazine received from readers?

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