The role of the Office of Management and Budget in budget preparation is largely advisory

The term convention bump refers to ______.

a. the danger of a front-runner stumbling badly after the convention b. the staged hoopla surrounding a nominee’s acceptance speech c. the opinion poll spike that most candidates enjoy immediately after the convention d. persuading delegates assigned to other candidates to vote for the presumptive nominee e. convincing the candidate’s primary-election rivals to support him at the convention

In 2013, approximately ______ people were killed by handguns.

A. 1,200 B. 2,700 C. 7,500 D. 9,000