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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 237.
(c) 50.
(d) 90

2. When Blacks moved north during the Great Migration, how much more did they often have to pay than white tenants paid?
(a) 1/3 more.
(b) Double.
(c) 2/3 more.
(d) Triple.

3. When awareness was raised and red tape and hassle cut, by what rate did the elderly enroll in food stamps?
(a) Quadrupled.
(b) Tripled.
(c) Quintupled.
(d) Doubled.

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

5. How many of the families who qualified for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families applied for it?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 2/3.
(c) 1/3.
(d) 1/4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the difference between the amount Lakia Higbee paid for rent and what she would have paid for mortgage if she could have gotten one?

2. By the time Crystal aged out of foster care, how many foster placements had she had?

3. Where did Desmond go to graduate school?

4. When the Affordable Care Act was implemented, how much did working-class families have to for coverage?

5. When Desmond was in graduate school, where did he live?

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