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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did President Reagan reduce funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development?
(a) 40%.
(b) Almost 70%.
(c) Nearly 80%.
(d) 20%.

2. How old was a warehouse worker who had to give up two of his children to keep one?
(a) 55.
(b) 49.
(c) 47.
(d) 50.

3. What was the closest large city to where Desmond grew up?
(a) Mesa.
(b) Tucson.
(c) Phoenix.
(d) Flagstaff.

4. In 2022, how many young children lived in poverty or hovered at the edge of poverty?
(a) 22 million.
(b) 18 million.
(c) 30 million.
(d) 26 million.

5. During June and July 2021, how many states stopped some or all of the emergency benefits provided during the COVID pandemic?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 25.
(d) 29.

Short Answer Questions

1. When awareness was raised and red tape and hassle cut, by what rate did the elderly enroll in food stamps?

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

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

4. In what state did nearly everyone eligible for food stamps enroll?

5. How much less did workers with a high school diploma make in 2017 than they made in 1979, adjusted for inflation?

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