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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 the average American city between 2000 and 2022, by what percent had fuel and utilities increased?
(a) 45.
(b) 90.
(c) 75.
(d) 115.

2. In 2020, how much was the gap that separated everyone in America below the poverty line and the poverty line itself?
(a) $194 billion.
(b) $103 billion.
(c) $127 billion.
(d) $177 billion.

3. Since 1985, by what percent did rent prices exceed income gains?
(a) 115%.
(b) 280%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 325%.

4. In a 2021 study of 100 cities, what percent of apartment dwellers were allowed to live on residential land?
(a) 26.
(b) 12.
(c) 32.
(d) 8.

5. Every year between overdraft fees, check cashing fees, and payday loan fees, how much in fees were collected from low-income Americans?
(a) $900 million.
(b) Over $11 billion.
(c) About $9 billion.
(d) $50 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Julio Payes when he collapsed from exhaustion in the aisle of a grocery store?

2. At the time Poverty, by America was written, how many cents on the dollar did Black workers make compared to the average white worker?

3. In 2018, how much more did the average middle-class family receive in government aid than it paid in federal taxes?

4. In 2020, how much money did the mortgage interest deducation allow more than 13 million Americans to keep?

5. How many powerboats did Americans buy in 2020?

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