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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the median income for a Black household in 2019?
(a) $24,100.
(b) $37,400.
(c) $36,050.
(d) $21,300.

2. In 2018, on what amount were 5.3 million Americans subsisting daily?
(a) $6.
(b) $5.
(c) $4.
(d) $3.

3. At the time Poverty, by America was written how many poor families were headed by a single mother?
(a) 2 in 10.
(b) 1 in 3.
(c) 2 in 5.
(d) 1 in 10.

4. In 2022, where was the poverty line drawn for a family of four?
(a) $25,950.
(b) $33,150.
(c) $31,050.
(d) $27,750.

5. Who wrote that the history of the world was "who gets eaten and who gets to eat" (42)?
(a) Luciano Berio.
(b) George Gershwin.
(c) Stephen Sondheim.
(d) Maurice Ravel.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time Poverty, by America was written, how many cents on the dollar did Black workers make compared to the average white worker?

2. Near what town did Desmond grow up?

3. In 1959, what percent of poor families were composed of a married couple?

4. Where did Desmond meet Crystal Mayberry?

5. By the time Black men who did not finish high school are in their mid-thirties, how many will have spent their lives in prison?

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