1. In 2019, how much did the largest banks in America charge customer in overdraft fees?
(a) $9.63 billion.
(b) $11.68 blllion.
(c) $11 million.
(d) $5 million.

2. In the book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, what percent of adult Americans did the author report had relied on a major government program at some time in their lives?
(a) 45.
(b) 96.
(c) 68.
(d) 32.

3. When Desmond was in graduate school, where did he live?
(a) A rent-controlled apartment and a mobile home park.
(b) Dorms.
(c) A mobile home park and a rooming house.
(d) Student housing.

4. In 2018, how much more did the average middle-class family receive in government aid than it paid in federal taxes?
(a) $6,500.
(b) $7.100.
(c) $8,300.
(d) $5,800.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Kansas senator Roger Marshall declare that the main "impediment" (85) to his state's sagging labor market was unemployment insurance paying people not to work?

2. In 2018, on what amount were 5.3 million Americans subsisting daily?

3. How many of the families who qualified for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families applied for it?

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

5. In 2020, how many people were killed in Chicago by gun violence?

(see the answer key)

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