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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During Ronald Reagan's presidency, by what percent did the aid reserved for American who fell below a certain income level increase?
(a) 110.
(b) 50.
(c) 90
(d) 237.

2. When Crystal could no longer live with her mother, how long did she live with an aunt?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 4 years.

3. By the time Crystal aged out of foster care, how many foster placements had she had?
(a) More than 25.
(b) 22.
(c) 18.
(d) About 30.

4. When did unions like the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America exclude Black workers?
(a) 1970s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1960s.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the minimum wage in 1946?

2. What did the house cost that Desmond grew up in?

3. When was Crystal Mayberry born?

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

5. How long ago were only the rich able to afford cell phones?

(see the answer key)

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