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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue-Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What vehicle did Desmond drive when he was in college?
(a) 1980 Chevy Silverado.
(b) 1978 Chevy Silverado.
(c) 1980 Ford F-150.
(d) 1978 Ford F-150.

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

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

4. What did the house cost that Desmond grew up in?
(a) $60,000.
(b) $35,000.
(c) $75,000.
(d) $50,000.

5. What was the closest large city to where Desmond grew up?
(a) Tucson.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) Mesa.
(d) Flagstaff.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Crystal could no longer live with her mother, how long did she live with an aunt?

2. When was Crystal Mayberry born?

3. What was the deep poverty line in 2020 for a family of four?

4. In 2022, how many young children lived in poverty or hovered at the edge of poverty?

5. In a survey of men and women released from prison in Massachusetts, what percent had witnessed a murder as children?

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