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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 are the chances of being cured at Lourdes?
(a) One in a hundred.
(b) One in ten.
(c) One in a thousand.
(d) One in a million.

2. In what city was the 1939 Wold Fair held?
(a) Cincinnati.
(b) New York.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Chicago.

3. In what year was the Alien and Sedition Act created?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1812.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1798.

4. Who was Frederick Bailey?
(a) A slave.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A landowner.
(d) A murderer.

5. What percentage of students in the U.S. dislike school?
(a) 22%.
(b) 8%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 100%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Carlos to appear?

2. What causes magnetism?

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

4. What is the term used for basketball players who are playing well?

5. How is the name 'Spee' pronounced?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Carl Sagan's favorite sport? Why?

2. What is the story of Carlos?

3. How are scientists generally portrayed on television?

4. What great responsibility does science have?

5. What is the story of Frederick Bailey?

6. How did Edward Teller react to the theory on nuclear winter?

7. What was the HCUA?

8. What negative traits sometimes exist in skeptics?

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

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

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