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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Desmond was in graduate school, where did he live?
(a) A mobile home park and a rooming house.
(b) A rent-controlled apartment and a mobile home park.
(c) Dorms.
(d) Student housing.

2. When did Desmond begin paying attention to poverty?
(a) As a child.
(b) As a young adult.
(c) As a young father.
(d) As a teen.

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?
(a) $31,800.
(b) $43,200.
(c) Not quite $38,500.
(d) About $35,363.

4. In 2020, how much money did states have in their possession of unspent welfare funds?
(a) Nearly $500 million.
(b) Nearly $1 trillion.
(c) Almost $6 billion.
(d) About $775 million.

5. For four months during the COVID pandemic, how much did unemployed Americans received on top of their regular stipend weekly?
(a) $400.
(b) $600.
(c) $300.
(d) $500.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between February and April 2020, how did the unemployment rate rise?

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

3. In 2020, how much was the gap that separated everyone in America below the poverty line and the poverty line itself?

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

5. How many premature deaths did a study find could have been prevented in New York City from 2008 to 2012 if the city's minimum wage had been $15 an hour?

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