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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Chicago Public School system deal with the confusion of allowing students to choose any school in the city?
(a) They had everyone choose a list of ten schools.
(b) They ran a lottery.
(c) They augmented the buildings of the most successful schools.
(d) They limited choices to a four mile radius.

2. How many bouts does a sumo wrestler have to win in order for his ranking to rise?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 3.
(d) 20.

3. At what preeminent university does Venkatesh meet Steven Levitt?
(a) Northwestern University.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Stanford.
(d) University of Chicago.

4. By how much did the homicide rate among young black males increase over the first five years of the crack boom?
(a) It doubled.
(b) It quadrupled.
(c) It increased by half.
(d) It tripled.

5. In what country is the daycare service examined at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Germany.
(b) Tunisia.
(c) Norway.
(d) Israel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the authors argue is the primary incentive for not soliciting a prostitute?

2. What does the ECLS show about the black-white achievement gap for students just entering school?

3. Which of the following factors is revealed not to have a correlative effect on a child's school performance?

4. What additional response does Venkatesh later state should be added to his questionnaire?

5. In what crime-ridden neighborhood did Venkatesh do his graduate research?

(see the answer key)

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