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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 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?
(a) $5 billion.
(b) $20 billion.
(c) $3.5 billion.
(d) $15 billion.

2. Where did Desmond meet home health aides who belonged to the full-time working homeless?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Illinois.
(c) New York.
(d) Indiana.

3. How many undocumented workers were paid below minimum wage at the time Poverty, by America was written?
(a) 2/3.
(b) About 1/2.
(c) More than 1/3.
(d) 1/4.

4. What U.S. state has a bigger economy than South Korea?
(a) Colorado.
(b) New York State.
(c) Illinois.
(d) California.

5. By the time Black men who did not finish high school are in their mid-thirties, how many will have spent their lives in prison?
(a) Almost 7 in 10.
(b) About 12 in 15.
(c) About 11 in 15.
(d) About 8 in 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percent of the U.S. population was poor in 1970?

2. How old was Julio Payes when he collapsed from exhaustion in the aisle of a grocery store?

3. Where did Desmond present a paper titled "Exploiting the Inner City" (43)?

4. How old was a warehouse worker who had to give up two of his children to keep one?

5. In 2016, how many lobbyists did Uber have working in 44 states?

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