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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the official office of the Drug Czar?
(a) Association of American Drug Reduction Policy.
(b) Office of National Drug Control Policy.
(c) Office of American Drug Control Policy.
(d) Association of National Drug Reduction Policy.

2. Who wrote the pamphlet called "'The Poor among Us--Challenge and Opportunity"?
(a) Maxwell Stewart.
(b) Stuart Marx.
(c) Stewart Matthews.
(d) Max Stephens.

3. At the town meeting which O'Rourke attended, the town natives sat where?
(a) The back row.
(b) Scattered throughout the rows.
(c) The two middle rows.
(d) The front row.

4. At the town meeting which O'Rourke attended, the elderly retired people sat where?
(a) Scattered throughout the rows.
(b) They sit closest to the exit.
(c) In the front row.
(d) In the back row.

5. What was the deadline for the last Soviet troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan?
(a) March 12, 1989.
(b) January, 2 1989.
(c) February 15, 1989.
(d) December 27, 1988.

6. O'Rourke's friend's son got busted for selling what drug?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) PCP.

7. Why do retirees move to the state where O'Rourke lives?
(a) For its golf courses.
(b) For its amusement parks.
(c) For its tax policy.
(d) For its beaches.

8. O'Rourke's wife asked him about a hurricane that hit what state?
(a) Texas.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) South Carolina.

9. How did O'Rourke feel about the USS Mobile Bay?
(a) He thought it was a waste of government money.
(b) He saw it as a terrible move for foreign policy.
(c) He thought it was a great investment by the government.
(d) He was unimpressed.

10. Who was the deputy chief of the DEA's Cocaine Desk when O'Rourke's book was written?
(a) Mario Perez.
(b) Dick Weart.
(c) Albert Collins.
(d) Mike Mullin.

11. O'Rourke says the middle class has no reason to be concerned about what drug?
(a) Crack cocaine.
(b) Crystal meth.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) LSD.

12. What is the common enemy that environmentalists have, according to the author?
(a) Television.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Big business.
(d) Waste management companies.

13. Soldiers told about fighting in Panama in what magazine?
(a) "Army Today."
(b) "Soldiers."
(c) "Army of One."
(d) "Military Monthly."

14. What percent of poor people in America own telephones, according to George Gilder?
(a) 80 percent.
(b) 50 percent.
(c) 70 percent.
(d) 60 percent.

15. What percent of poor people in America own their own homes, according to George Gilder?
(a) 50 percent.
(b) 5 percent.
(c) 20 percent.
(d) 40 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What branch of the military uses the USS Mobile Bay?

2. How many poor people does O'Rourke say live in the U.S.?

3. How many poor people in America live in homes with a heated pool or a Jacuzzi, according to George Gilder?

4. What drug does O'Rourke says makes one acutely sensitive?

5. The annual spending per student in O'Rourke's town is over how much?

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