Texas's annual highway death toll is

Texas's annual highway death toll is
 
  a. 370.
  b. 3,700.
  c. 37,000.
  d. 370,000.
  e. 3,700,000.

 Q. 2

For urban party machines, what was one of the more lucrative perks that they could use to reward their supporters who helped the machine win elections?
 
  a. Distributing chickens on holidays
  b. Offering a place to stay at the local party office
  c. Handing out Election Day walk-around money
  d. Awarding public sector jobs

 Q. 3

Texas state highway funding, on a per capita basis, is __________ the national average.
 
  a. far below
  b. slightly below
  c. about equal to
  d. slightly above
  e. far above

 Q. 4

Which of the following is NOT true regarding urban party machines?
 
  a. The local party organizations gained and maintained control of cities by organizing neighborhoods to delivervotes for machine candidates.
 b. Each party boss had to hold an elected office in order to control the machine.
  c. Machines were quasifeudal as they were very hierarchical.
  d. Voters in neighborhoods remained loyal to the machine leaders as they provided them with favors or services.

 Q. 5

The Texas Farm-to-Market road program was designed to provide for
 
  a. county maintenance of county roads.
  b. state maintenance of county roads.
  c. federal maintenance of county roads.
  d. municipal maintenance of county roads.
  e. interagency maintenance of county roads.

 Q. 6

Many machine politicians in several large cities came up through the ranks of firefighters, as did one of New York's greatest political operatives,
 
  a. William Boss Tweed.
  b. James Michael Mayor of the Poor Curley.
  c. Michael Hinky Dink Kenna.
  d. Sunny Jim McNichol.

 Q. 7

The lion's share of state transportation funding is devoted to
 
  a. bus transit.
  b. air transit.
  c. highways.
  d. trains.
  e. subways.