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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Crystal when she was placed in foster care as a child?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Nine.
(d) Six months.

3. How long did it take Tobin to pay off his mortgage on College Mobile Home Park?
(a) Twelve years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Nine years.
(d) Three years.

4. On Scott's "Five Year Plan" that he established after moving to his own apartment in Chapter 23, what was Number One?
(a) Find an apartment.
(b) Get a job.
(c) Back to nursing.
(d) Find a man.

5. The author notes in Chapter 15, "In 2008 and 2009, the Milwaukee PD issued a nuisance property citation to residential property owners" how frequently (191)?
(a) Every 24 hours.
(b) Every 33 hours.
(c) Every 46 hours.
(d) Every 72 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. For almost a century, the broad consensus in America is that a family should spend no more than what percentage of income on housing?

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

3. Where did Patrice and Doreen finally move, according to the author in his Epilogue?

4. What had the building for the Marcia P. Coggs Human Services Center been before it was used for this service?

5. How many months did Vanetta face in initial confinement in prison in Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Vanetta and Crystal come to live together?

2. How does the author describe the impacts of having little esteem in one's neighbors in poor neighborhoods in Chapter 14?

3. What were the statistics for nuisance property citations in Milwaukee in 2008-2009?

4. What are examples in the book of how the author juxtaposes the lifestyles of the landlords versus those of the tenants?

5. What is a nuisiance ordinance?

6. What led to the fire in Kamala's apartment? What were the immediate impacts of the fire?

7. How did the issuance of nuisance property citations between whites and blacks differ in 2008-2009?

8. How does the author describe the impacts of poverty on the Hinkston family in Chapter 21?

9. With what was Vanetta charged and what was her sentence?

10. What commonalities in experience did Crystal and Arleen discover they shared in Chapter 15?

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