Sixteen-year-old Lorena is arrested for having a six-pack of beer in her backpack. According to the textbook, this would be classified as a:
a. felony offense
b. misdemeanor offense
c. status offense
d. delinquency offense
Ques. 2The majority of Americans
a. approve of legal abortion.
b. disapprove of legal abortion.
c. refuse to give an opinion on this contentious topic.
Ques. 3Research comparing lesbian and heterosexual mothers indicates that lesbian mothers are
a. more controlling of their children.
b. less interested in their children.
c. very similar although appear to be more child-centered.
d. very different although equally loving.
Ques. 4Among the traditional Inuit (commonly called Eskimos)
a. divorce was not allowed for any reason.
b. husbands could divorce wives but wives could not divorce husbands.
c. wives could divorce husbands but husbands could not divorce wives.
d. either the husband or wife could decide on a divorce which was accomplished without ceremony when they stopped living together.
Ques. 5The Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal in the United States in 1973 is called the __________ decision.
a. Roe v. Wade
b. Plessy v. Ferguson
c. Edwards v. the Board of Health
d. Brown v. the Board of Education
Ques. 6Aulette reported that the California Supreme Court broke new legal ground in 2005 regarding parenting by lesbian or gay couples. The Court
a. granted full legal parental status to same-sex partners after a breakup with the same rights and responsibilities as heterosexual parents.
b. declared that lesbian and gay couples have adoption rights equal to heterosexual couples.
c. asserted that a heterosexual parent may have custodial preference over a homosexual parent but may not deny visitation to the latter.
d. upheld a new law providing for same-sex civil unions with most but not all rights of marriage regarding parenting privileges and obligations.
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