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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to a study, how many poor people in America were working-age adults disconnected from the labor market for unknown reasons?
(a) 15 in 300.
(b) 3 in 100.
(c) 10 in 200.
(d) 5 in 150.

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

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

5. Between February and April 2020, how did the unemployment rate rise?
(a) It rose by 75 percent.
(b) It quadrupled.
(c) It rose by 55 percent.
(d) It doubled.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2018, on what amount were 5.3 million Americans subsisting daily?

2. When Crystal could no longer live with her mother, how long did she live with an aunt?

3. For four months during the COVID pandemic, how much did unemployed Americans received on top of their regular stipend weekly?

4. When the General Social Survey was conducted in 1990, what percent of Americans believed Black Americans were lazy?

5. In 2022, how much did the U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent to influence government policy?

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