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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 author is quoted in the epigraph?
(a) Chekhov.
(b) Pushkin.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Dostoevsky.

2. How old was a warehouse worker who had to give up two of his children to keep one?
(a) 55.
(b) 47.
(c) 50.
(d) 49.

3. At the time Desmond wrote Poverty, by America, how many amputation occurred weekly in America's meatpacking plants?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

4. In 2020, how many people were killed in Chicago by gun violence?
(a) 722.
(b) 913.
(c) 841.
(d) 635.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What church did Desmond's father pastor?

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

3. Where did Desmond meet Crystal Mayberry?

4. What was the median income for a Black household in 2019?

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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