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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does the author define "the home" as in his Epilogue (293)?
(a) "The zone of forgiveness."
(b) "The cemetery."
(c) "The center of life."
(d) "The kicking-off point of life."

3. How much money did Larraine agree to pay Ms. Betty in order to stay with her?
(a) $200 per month.
(b) $50 per month.
(c) $300 per month.
(d) $100 per month.

4. What month was it when Larraine was ordered to be out of Beaker's trailer?
(a) September.
(b) May.
(c) December.
(d) June.

5. From whom did Jafaris steal earrings?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Anna.
(d) Crystal.

6. About how much money was Tobin taking home annually from College Mobile Home Park in 2008-2009?
(a) $447,000.
(b) $987,000.
(c) $560,000.
(d) $325,000.

7. The apartment that Scott moved to with the assistance of the shelter rented for $775 per month. How much was Scott required to pay?
(a) $423 per month.
(b) $299 per month.
(c) $141 per month.
(d) $250 per month.

8. How much did Scott earn cleaning the AA bar where he began working in Chapter 23?
(a) $9.00 per hour.
(b) $7.15 per hour.
(c) $8.50 per hour.
(d) $4.50 per hour.

9. 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) $2,748.60.
(b) $854.67.
(c) $1,362.34.
(d) $4,245.76.

10. What job did Pam take on after she and Ned finally found a two-bedroom apartment near Dirky's garage?
(a) A custodial job.
(b) A teacher's assistant job.
(c) A bartending job.
(d) A medical assistant job.

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

12. How much money did the poilce charge Sherrena for each 911 call they received from her property?
(a) $10.
(b) $6.
(c) $5.
(d) $4.

13. What sentence did the judge give D'Sean at his re-confinement hearing in Chapter 21?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 13 months.

14. How much was the rent for the one-bedroom apartment that Ali showed to Arleen in Chapter 19?
(a) $400 per month.
(b) $500 per month.
(c) $300 per month.
(d) $200 per month.

15. 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 50 properties.
(b) 1 in 12 properties.
(c) 1 in 65 properties.
(d) 1 in 41 properties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the AA bar that Scott went to in Chapter 23?

2. Who was the office manager for Bieck Management when Larraine spoke to her on the phone about emergency assistance in Chapter 18?

3. How many victims were murdered by a current or former romantic partner in the year that the police contacted Sherrena about the nuisance property at Thirteenth Street?

4. What did Crystal Mayberry have as belongings when she moved into Thirteenth Street?

5. On Scott's "Five Year Plan" that he established after moving to his own apartment in Chapter 23, what was Number One?

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