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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 10.
(c) 1 in 3.
(d) 2 in 5.

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

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

5. What trees were around the house where Desmond grew up?
(a) Mexican Pinyon.
(b) Velvet Mesquite.
(c) Texas Redbud.
(d) Russian olive.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Desmond was in graduate school, where did he live?

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

3. In 2020, what was the maximum amount one could receive if they claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit?

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

5. How much in market value did Walmart lose when it announced in 2015 that it planned to increase its starting wage to at least $9 an hour?

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