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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Milwaukee implement the New Hope program?
(a) Late 1980s.
(b) Mid-1990s.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1991.

3. In 2020, what was the maximum amount one could receive if they claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit?
(a) $7,539.
(b) $6,030.
(c) $4,790.
(d) $5,920.

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

5. 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) Student housing.
(d) Dorms.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Crystal got an apartment, what percent of her income did rent take?

3. In 2021, how much did the U.S. spend on tax breaks?

4. In studies conducted in the 1980s and 1990s, within what amount of time did young mothers on welfare quit relying on it?

5. How likely are Black and Hispanic American to be poor compared to white Americans?

(see the answer key)

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