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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: My Country 'Tis of Thee.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the difference in the budget for the "Big Dig" highway and the actual cost of it?
(a) It was budgeted at $2.6 billion and cost over $15 billion.
(b) It was budgeted at $5.6 billion and cost over $10 billion.
(c) It was budgeted at $8.4 billion and cost over $14 billion.
(d) It was budgeted at $7.8 billion and cost over $12 billion.

2. How are fathers who abandon their children punished?
(a) Never.
(b) Rarely.
(c) Unfairly.
(d) Severely.

3. What does Bill think is an example of something that the government does well?
(a) Making laws.
(b) Enforcing laws.
(c) Spending money.
(d) Fighting wars.

4. What is the thought of saving up for something considered in current times?
(a) Wise.
(b) Paranoid.
(c) Old-fashioned.
(d) Unwise.

5. According to Bill, where do many social problems start?
(a) With peer pressure.
(b) With low self-esteem.
(c) With a bad family life.
(d) With lower income families.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Malvo sniper case take place?

2. What kind of people does Bill think should not be "fixed"?

3. What does Bill state is the hardest part of looking back at bad parents?

4. What percentage of felons in California are illegal aliens?

5. What kind of a job did Bill's father work?

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