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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In a survey of men and women released from prison in Massachusetts, what percent had witnessed a murder as children?
(a) 40.
(b) 60.
(c) 50.
(d) 55.

3. Near what town did Desmond grow up?
(a) Blue Ridge.
(b) Winslow.
(c) Holbrook.
(d) Doney Park.

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

5. What was the minimum wage in 1946?
(a) 40 cents.
(b) 50 cents.
(c) 45 cents.
(d) 35 cents.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Crystal got an apartment, what percent of her income did rent take?

2. During Ronald Reagan's presidency, by what percent did the aid reserved for American who fell below a certain income level increase?

3. In 2022, where was the poverty line drawn for a family of four?

4. Where did Desmond meet home health aides who belonged to the full-time working homeless?

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

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