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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bill think the reader should understand?
(a) Their friends' behaviors.
(b) Their own behaviors.
(c) Their coworkers' behaviors.
(d) Their families' behaviors.

2. According to Bill, what should not be assumed when someone is talking?
(a) That they are not speaking to you.
(b) That what they are saying is false.
(c) That what they are saying is true.
(d) That they are speaking to you.

3. Based on Bill's advice in the last chapter, how should you think about something that someone is telling you?
(a) You should try to prove it incorrect.
(b) You should try to access it.
(c) You should try to ignore it.
(d) You should try to prove it correct.

4. What was the outcome of the case that Bill complained about?
(a) Twenty five years in prison.
(b) A life sentence.
(c) A death sentence.
(d) Jail time with no parole.

5. What does Bill think people should strive for in Chapter 10?
(a) Education.
(b) Security.
(c) Maximum gains with minimal effort.
(d) Minimal gains with maximum effort.

6. Based on Bill's analysis, how many networks had an overwhelmingly biased coverage featuring anti-war protesters?
(a) Two out of three.
(b) None.
(c) One out of three.
(d) Three out of three.

7. What happened to the system because of the policies during the time Bill's grandfather worked with the police?
(a) The system became corrupt.
(b) The system became corruption-free.
(c) The system became less effective.
(d) The system became more effective.

8. What did Bill hope to accomplish while anchoring Inside Edition?
(a) Changing the format to righting wrongs.
(b) Maintaining the entertainment aspect of the show.
(c) Covering political stories.
(d) Covering hard news.

9. What took Bill several years to learn?
(a) Which angles to use when being filmed for television.
(b) How to look natural on television.
(c) How to combat corruption in the broadcast news business.
(d) Which people to get advice from before appearing on television.

10. According to Bill, when will the corruption in the legal system be taken care of?
(a) Within ten years.
(b) Within twenty years.
(c) Very soon.
(d) Not any time soon.

11. When did Bill begin analyzing the network coverage of the Iraq War?
(a) Six months after it started.
(b) The day it started.
(c) One month after it started.
(d) One year after it started.

12. Who was not contacted regarding the claims that Bill made against the defense lawyers?
(a) The defense lawyers themselves.
(b) The jury.
(c) The judge.
(d) The prosecutor.

13. According to Bill, what is the secret to discipline?
(a) To make a combination of major and minor mistakes.
(b) To make only minor mistakes.
(c) To make as few mistakes as possible.
(d) To never make any mistakes.

14. In the end, what does Bill think is all that matters?
(a) What you do and what others do.
(b) Only what you do.
(c) What you do and how others perceive you.
(d) What you do, what others do, and how others perceive you.

15. What did Bill's show, The Factor, compare leading up to the war?
(a) Newspaper headlines.
(b) Newspaper sales.
(c) Book titles.
(d) Book sales.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of evidence was presented at the trial in the case that Bill filed a complaint about?

2. What word does Bill use to describe the American justice system?

3. How did the State Bar respond to Bill's petition?

4. What is the title of the tenth Chapter of Who's Looking Out for You?

5. According to Bill, how will a normal citizen fare when dealing with the law club?

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