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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 did Americans spend on leisure travel in 2020?
(a) $723 billion.
(b) $472 billion.
(c) $108 billion.
(d) $518 billion.

2. Using what font on mailers helped increase the number of individuals who signed up for the Earned Income Credit?
(a) Verdana font.
(b) Roboto font.
(c) Frutiger font.
(d) Georgia font.

3. How much in market value did Walmart lose when it announced in 2015 that it planned to increase its starting wage to at least $9 an hour?
(a) $15 billion.
(b) $5 billion.
(c) $20 billion.
(d) $3.5 billion.

4. How many residents in Stockton, California, were given $500 a month with no strings attached?
(a) 218.
(b) 75.
(c) 230.
(d) 125.

5. Which states had the fastest job growth during June and July 2021?
(a) Tennessee, West Virginia, Missouri, and Louisiana.
(b) Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota.
(c) Colorado, California, Indiana, New York state, and Connecticut.
(d) Alaska, Hawaii, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percent of the GDP is the amount needed to end poverty in America?

2. When did President Obama propose to do away with tax benefits to 529 college savings plans?

3. When did Kansas senator Roger Marshall declare that the main "impediment" (85) to his state's sagging labor market was unemployment insurance paying people not to work?

4. In 2020, how many Food Lion workers in North Carolina drew food stamps?

5. In 2020, how many people were killed in Chicago by gun violence?

(see the answer key)

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