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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Crystal call 911 three times in a night in Chapter 15?
(a) To report Arleen's drug overdose.
(b) To report domestic abuse upstairs.
(c) To report a burglary in the building.
(d) To report that her husband was trying to break in.

2. For almost a century, the broad consensus in America is that a family should spend no more than what percentage of income on housing?
(a) 10%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 30%.

3. How old was Kristin when Ned and Pam searched for a place to live in Chapter 19?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Nine.

4. What inner-city church did Crystal join after leaving Mt. Calvary?
(a) Second Street Baptist Church.
(b) Restoration International Ministries.
(c) St. Jude Catholic Church.
(d) St. James United Methodist Church.

5. What was the bill for gas when the gas company came to shut it off at Larraine and Beaker's home in Chapter 18?
(a) $4,245.76.
(b) $2,748.60.
(c) $854.67.
(d) $1,362.34.

6. What church did Vanetta attend?
(a) The Wilson Pentecostal Church.
(b) The All Bible Baptist Church.
(c) The Second Street Baptist Church.
(d) The Hampton Universalist Church.

7. How much money did Scott ask for from his mother to go to a methadone clinic in Chapter 23?
(a) $100.
(b) $150.
(c) $400.
(d) $200.

8. How many formal evictions per day did Jackson County, Missouri see per day between 2009 and 2013?
(a) 12.
(b) 32.
(c) 26.
(d) 19.

9. The author states in Chapter 15 that in white neighborhoods in Milwaukee how many properties that could have received a nuisance citation did so?
(a) 1 in 65 properties.
(b) 1 in 12 properties.
(c) 1 in 50 properties.
(d) 1 in 41 properties.

10. What was Crystal's IQ assessed to be when she had been examined by a clinical psychiatrist the year before she met Arleen?
(a) 80.
(b) 120.
(c) 70.
(d) 130.

11. When did Congress outlaw housing discrimination against children and families?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1992.

12. For how much money did Tobin buy College Mobile Home Park?
(a) $1.5 million.
(b) $2.1 million.
(c) $3.2 million.
(d) $4.1 million.

13. What does "MCO" refer to in Chapter 15?
(a) Madison Court Official.
(b) Missouri Credit Office.
(c) Michigan Charter of Ordinances.
(d) Milwaukee Code of Ordinances.

14. Where did Scott attain an apartment through the shelter after about a year?
(a) Bay View Apartments.
(b) Walker's Point Apartments.
(c) Williamsburg Apartments.
(d) Majestic Loft Apartments.

15. Who helped Scott after he had had the three-day bender after trying to seek rehab?
(a) Pito.
(b) Roger.
(c) Jack.
(d) Arny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of flowers did Doreen see sitting on the porch of the burned out apartment building in the end of Chapter 16?

2. Between 2009 and 2011, roughly how many moves undertaken by Milwaukee's poorest residents were involuntary?

3. What casino does the author describe Sherrena and Quentin going to in Chapter 16?

4. From whom did Jafaris steal earrings?

5. Who was the father of the child that Natasha was pregnant with in Chapter 21?

(see the answer keys)

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