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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8-Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trees were around the house where Desmond grew up?
(a) Mexican Pinyon.
(b) Velvet Mesquite.
(c) Russian olive.
(d) Texas Redbud.

2. Growing up in a severely disadvantaged neighborhood was equivalent to missing how much school?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) A year.

3. How much less did workers with a high school diploma make in 2017 than they made in 1979, adjusted for inflation?
(a) 2.7 percent.
(b) 4.1 percent.
(c) 5.8 percent.
(d) 3.6 percent.

4. By the time Crystal aged out of foster care, how many foster placements had she had?
(a) About 30.
(b) 18.
(c) More than 25.
(d) 22.

5. In 2022, where was the poverty line drawn for a family of four?
(a) $33,150.
(b) $31,050.
(c) $25,950.
(d) $27,750.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Poverty, by America was written, how many American workers belonged to a union?

2. In 2010, what state had the highest rate of unintended pregnancies in the country?

3. In 2019, what percent of their GDPs did Western democracies like France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy raise tax revenues?

4. Between 2014 and 2017, when a program was launched in Delaware to ensure women of child-bearing age received birth control, by what percent was the decline in unintended pregnancies among low-income and uninsured women?

5. When was Crystal Mayberry born?

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