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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the General Social Survey was conducted in 1990, what percent of Americans believed Black Americans were lazy?
(a) 44 percent.
(b) 58 percent.
(c) 22 percent.
(d) 37 percent.

2. What U.S. state has a bigger economy than South Korea?
(a) Illinois.
(b) New York State.
(c) Colorado.
(d) California.

3. When Crystal was diagnosed with mental illness, how much SSI did she receive monthly?
(a) $679.
(b) $754.
(c) $876.
(d) $583.

4. What college did Desmond attend?
(a) New Mexico State University.
(b) Arizona State University.
(c) University of New Mexico.
(d) University of Arizona.

5. When Desmond wrote Poverty, by America, how many school children were homeless?
(a) 2 million.
(b) About 500,000.
(c) 250,000.
(d) More than a million.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2021, how many rental units in Syracuse, New York, sat empty even as rent increased by 8%?

2. What was the closest large city to where Desmond grew up?

3. How long had Matthew Desmond research and reported on poverty before writing Poverty, By America?

4. How many undocumented workers were paid below minimum wage at the time Poverty, by America was written?

5. How likely are Black and Hispanic American to be poor compared to white Americans?

(see the answer key)

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