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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the author of the Official Poverty Measure?
(a) D. Nathan Sheets.
(b) Diane Coyle.
(c) Martin Weale.
(d) Mollie Orshansky.

2. In 2020, how much money did states have in their possession of unspent welfare funds?
(a) Almost $6 billion.
(b) About $775 million.
(c) Nearly $500 million.
(d) Nearly $1 trillion.

3. When Crystal was diagnosed with mental illness, how much SSI did she receive monthly?
(a) $754.
(b) $679.
(c) $876.
(d) $583.

4. In the 1950s and 1960s, how many U.S. workers carried union cards?
(a) About 1/2.
(b) 2/3.
(c) Nearly 1/3.
(d) 1/4.

5. In the past 50 years, by what percent had infant mortality rates and deaths from heart disease fallen?
(a) 85.
(b) 55.
(c) 60.
(d) 70.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2019, what was the percent of the U.S. population that was poor?

2. How many undocumented workers were paid below minimum wage at the time Poverty, by America was written?

3. When did Milwaukee implement the New Hope program?

4. In the average American city between 2000 and 2022, by what percent had fuel and utilities increased?

5. Who wrote that the history of the world was "who gets eaten and who gets to eat" (42)?

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