Who Should Survive?

A disaster has left a small number of people alive. Choose seven people to survive and indicate the reasons for your selection, i.e., why you choose these particular persons and why you place them in any particular order.

Dr. Dane – thirty-seven, white, no religions affiliation, Ph.D. in history, college professor, in good health (jogs daily), hobby is botany, enjoys politics, married with one child (Bobby).
Mrs. Dane – thirty-eight, white, Jewish, rather obese, diabetic, M.A. in psychology, counselor in a mental health clinic, married to Dr. Dane, has one child (Bobby).
Bobby Dane – ten, white, Jewish, mentally retarded with IQ of 70, healthy and strong for his age.
Mrs. Garcia – twenty-three, Spanish-American, Catholic, ninth-grade education, cocktail waitress, worked as a prostitute, married at age sixteen, divorced at age eighteen.
Jean Garcia – three months old, Spanish-American, healthy
Mary Evans – eighteen, black, Protestant, trade school education, wears glasses, artistic.
Mr. Newton--twenty-five, black power advocate, starting last year of medical school, suspected homosexual activity, music as a hobby, physical fitness nut.
Ms. Clark – twenty-eight, black, Protestant, daughter of a minister, college graduate, electronics engineer, single now after a brief marriage, member of Zero Population Growth.
Mr. Blake – fifty-one, white, Mormon, B.S. in mechanics, married with four children, enjoys outdoors, much experience in construction, quite handy, sympathizes with anti-black views.
Father Frans – thirty-seven, white, Catholic priest, active in civil rights, former college athlete, farming background, often criticized for liberal views.
Dr. Sing – sixty-six, Asian-American, Buddhist, doctor in general practice, two heart attacks in the past five years, loves literature and quotes extensively.
Mr. Smith – twenty-eight, white, no religions affinity, self employed computer programmer, college drop out, single, hates the outdoors, minor agoraphobia, dislikes most people on general principal, loyal, vast knowledge of history, generally well rounded academically.
Mrs. Ford – twenty-seven, white, Wiccan, student working towards bachelors degree, works at large company, married, mother of seven month old identical twins, favorite TV show is survivor, claims to love the outdoors, physical fitness nut, sweet disposition but very exacting about performance.

Dr. Dane – thirty-seven, white, no religions affiliation, Ph.D. in history, college professor, in good health (jogs daily), hobby is botany, enjoys politics, married with one child (Bobby).

Mrs. Dane – thirty-eight, white, Jewish, rather obese, diabetic, M.A. in psychology, counselor in a mental health clinic, married to Dr. Dane, has one child (Bobby).

Bobby Dane – ten, white, Jewish, mentally retarded with IQ of 70, healthy and strong for his age.

Mrs. Garcia – twenty-three, Spanish-American, Catholic, ninth-grade education, cocktail waitress, worked as a prostitute, married at age sixteen, divorced at age eighteen.

Jean Garcia – three months old, Spanish-American, healthy

Mary Evans – eighteen, black, Protestant, trade school education, wears glasses, artistic.

Mr. Newton--twenty-five, black power advocate, starting last year of medical school, suspected homosexual activity, music as a hobby, physical fitness nut.

Ms. Clark – twenty-eight, black, Protestant, daughter of a minister, college graduate, electronics engineer, single now after a brief marriage, member of Zero Population Growth.

Mr. Blake – fifty-one, white, Mormon, B.S. in mechanics, married with four children, enjoys outdoors, much experience in construction, quite handy, sympathizes with anti-black views.

Father Frans – thirty-seven, white, Catholic priest, active in civil rights, former college athlete, farming background, often criticized for liberal views.

Dr. Sing – sixty-six, Asian-American, Buddhist, doctor in general practice, two heart attacks in the past five years, loves literature and quotes extensively.

Mr. Smith – twenty-eight, white, no religions affinity, self employed computer programmer, college drop out, single, hates the outdoors, minor agoraphobia, dislikes most people on general principal, loyal, vast knowledge of history, generally well rounded academically.

Mrs. Ford – twenty-seven, white, Wiccan, student working towards bachelors degree, works at large company, married, mother of seven month old identical twins, favorite TV show is survivor, claims to love the outdoors, physical fitness nut, sweet disposition but very exacting about performance.