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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many residents in Stockton, California, were given $500 a month with no strings attached?
(a) 230.
(b) 125.
(c) 218.
(d) 75.

2. What magazine featured a cover story that had a photo of a gold-plated manhole cover?
(a) National Review.
(b) New York Times Magazine.
(c) Time.
(d) The Atlantic.

3. In 2020 of every dollar budgeted for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), how much did poor families receive directly?
(a) 63 cents.
(b) 15 cents.
(c) 55 cents.
(d) 22 cents.

4. Of the approximately 750,000 workers around the world who made and sell Apple products when Desmond wrote the book, how many worked directly for Apple?
(a) 42,000.
(b) 115,000.
(c) 530,000.
(d) 63,000.

5. How many newly built English homes would fit into the average new American home?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the past 50 years, by what percent had infant mortality rates and deaths from heart disease fallen?

2. In a 2021 study of 100 cities, what percent of apartment dwellers were allowed to live on residential land?

3. How much did President Reagan reduce funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development?

4. In 2020, what was the tax burden for the poorest individuals with incomes at or below $9,875?

5. How much in market value did Walmart lose when it announced in 2015 that it planned to increase its starting wage to at least $9 an hour?

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