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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 2019, what was the percent of the U.S. population that was poor?
(a) 13.3.
(b) 15.9.
(c) 18.6.
(d) 10.5.

2. What was the deep poverty line in 2020 for a family of four?
(a) $13,100.
(b) $12,700.
(c) $14,200.
(d) $15,800.

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

4. What vehicle did Desmond drive when he was in college?
(a) 1980 Chevy Silverado.
(b) 1978 Chevy Silverado.
(c) 1980 Ford F-150.
(d) 1978 Ford F-150.

5. Where did Desmond present a paper titled "Exploiting the Inner City" (43)?
(a) The Booth School of Business.
(b) Harvard's Kennedy School of Business.
(c) The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
(d) Wharton School.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In a survey of men and women released from prison in Massachusetts, what percent had witnessed a murder as children?

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

4. At the time Desmond wrote Poverty, by America, how many amputation occurred weekly in America's meatpacking plants?

5. When Desmond wrote Poverty, by America, how many school children were homeless?

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