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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the families who qualified for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families applied for it?
(a) 1/4.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 2/3.

2. According to the Government Accountabilty Office, how many American workers relied on Medicaid for health insurance?
(a) 11 million.
(b) About 15 million.
(c) 13 million.
(d) Roughly 12 million.

3. Who was the author of the Official Poverty Measure?
(a) Martin Weale.
(b) Mollie Orshansky.
(c) Diane Coyle.
(d) D. Nathan Sheets.

4. What was the closest large city to where Desmond grew up?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Flagstaff.
(c) Tucson.
(d) Mesa.

5. 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) 1950s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1940s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Every year between overdraft fees, check cashing fees, and payday loan fees, how much in fees were collected from low-income Americans?

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

3. How much in government benefits did the average household in the top 20% receive yearly compared to the $25,733 those in the bottom 20% of the income distribution received?

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

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?

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