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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the time Crystal aged out of foster care, how many foster placements had she had?
(a) About 30.
(b) 18.
(c) More than 25.
(d) 22.

2. In 2021, how many rental units in Syracuse, New York, sat empty even as rent increased by 8%?
(a) 32 percent.
(b) 5 percent.
(c) 12 percent.
(d) 20 percent.

3. How long had Matthew Desmond research and reported on poverty before writing Poverty, By America?
(a) Half of his adult life.
(b) 20 years.
(c) Most of his adult life.
(d) 15 years.

4. How long did the 1965 Delano grape strike and boycott last?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 27 months.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 5 years.

5. How old was Julio Payes when he collapsed from exhaustion in the aisle of a grocery store?
(a) 22.
(b) 25.
(c) 23.
(d) 24.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Desmond meet home health aides who belonged to the full-time working homeless?

2. What was the minimum wage in 1946?

3. When did President Obama propose to do away with tax benefits to 529 college savings plans?

4. According to the Government Accountabilty Office, how many American workers relied on Medicaid for health insurance?

5. Where did Desmond go to graduate school?

(see the answer key)

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