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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What percent of the GDP is the amount needed to end poverty in America?
(a) 18.
(b) 1.
(c) 27.
(d) 5.

4. When was Crystal Mayberry born?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1994.

5. 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) 35 percent.
(b) 20 percent.
(c) 30 percent.
(d) 25 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2020, how many Food Lion workers in North Carolina drew food stamps?

2. By what percent had median rent increased since 2000 in the West?

3. When Blacks moved north during the Great Migration, how much more did they often have to pay than white tenants paid?

4. How many hours did Julio Payes have to work to afford the unfurnished room he shared with his mother and two siblings?

5. What summer job did Desmond have when he was in college?

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