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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the 1950s and 1960s, how many U.S. workers carried union cards?
(a) 2/3.
(b) Nearly 1/3.
(c) About 1/2.
(d) 1/4.

2. How many applications were made for the affordable apartments that were opened in the wealthy township of Cherry Hill, New Jersey?
(a) 11,389.
(b) 10,040.
(c) 8,761.
(d) 9,309.

3. Where did Desmond meet Crystal Mayberry?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Milwaukee.
(d) Minnesota.

4. Every year between overdraft fees, check cashing fees, and payday loan fees, how much in fees were collected from low-income Americans?
(a) $900 million.
(b) About $9 billion.
(c) Over $11 billion.
(d) $50 million.

5. What was the value of PayPal founder Peter Thiel's Roth IRA?
(a) $900 million.
(b) $5 billion.
(c) $550 million.
(d) $3 billion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a 2020 report from the University of Chicago, what percent of people studied said they were happy?

2. In what state did about a third of those qualified for food stamps not use them?

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. How much in government benefits did the average household in the top 20% receive yearly compared to the $25,733 those in the bottom 20% of the income distribution received?

5. In the book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, what percent of adult Americans did the author report had relied on a major government program at some time in their lives?

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