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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do teachers most often cheat on standardized tests?
(a) They read the answers to the children.
(b) They allow children to have books out.
(c) They erase wrong answers.
(d) They never administer the test.

2. In 1960s and 1970s Chicago, what never seemed to happen to street gang members?
(a) They were never killed.
(b) They never did their own drugs.
(c) They never had turf wars.
(d) They never got arrested.

3. What additional response does Venkatesh later state should be added to his questionnaire?
(a) Fuck you.
(b) Cracker.
(c) What does that mean?
(d) None of the above.

4. In 1964, what was a hauntingly simple cause of infant death in the American black community?
(a) Malnourishment.
(b) Diarrhea.
(c) Elephantisis.
(d) Colic.

5. Which of the following is an action that Gyges undertakes in the story that ends Chapter 1?
(a) He sleeps for twenty years.
(b) He feeds an entire village.
(c) He murders the king.
(d) He starts a war.

Short Answer Questions

1. In New York City, what did analysts credit with the precipitous drop in violent crime?

2. What Supreme Court case involved Norma McCorvey as plaintiff?

3. According to the authors, what euphemism means that a house is largely dilapidated?

4. Why did Oscar Danilo Blandon claim that he sold such extensive quantities of crack cocaine in the late 1970s?

5. In his introduction, what does Levitt say he wants to replace with honest assessment?

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