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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the median income for a Black household in 2019?
(a) $21,300.
(b) $36,050.
(c) $37,400.
(d) $24,100.

2. When tenements began appearing in new York City in the mid-1800s, how much higher was the rent in the slums than that of better apartments uptown?
(a) 20 percent.
(b) 25 percent.
(c) 35 percent.
(d) 30 percent.

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

4. 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) 237.
(d) 90

5. When the General Social Survey was conducted in 1990, what percent of Americans believed Black Americans were lazy?
(a) 37 percent.
(b) 22 percent.
(c) 58 percent.
(d) 44 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Desmond meet Crystal Mayberry?

2. When did air traffic controllers strike when negotiations with the Federal Aviation Administration broke down?

3. At how many universities had Desmond taught on inequality?

4. What trees were around the house where Desmond grew up?

5. What annual income would the average payday loan customer have?

(see the answer key)

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