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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time America, By Poverty was written, how many eviction filings were created on average yearly?
(a) About 4.2 million.
(b) 5.8 million.
(c) 2.9 million.
(d) More than 3.6 million.

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

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?
(a) May 2022.
(b) July 2023.
(c) June 2021.
(d) August 2020.

4. When did Roman historian, Sallust, document the problem of a large quantity of poor people living alongside millions of rich people?
(a) 63 B.C.E.
(b) 38 B.C.E.
(c) 78 B.C.E.
(d) 58 B.C.E.

5. 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?
(a) Not quite $38,500.
(b) $43,200.
(c) $31,800.
(d) About $35,363.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the week of March 16, 2020, how many Americans filed for unemployment insurance?

2. At the time Desmond wrote Poverty, by America, how many amputation occurred weekly in America's meatpacking plants?

3. What did Americans spend on leisure travel in 2020?

4. In 2022, how many young children lived in poverty or hovered at the edge of poverty?

5. By what percent had median rent increased since 2000 in the West?

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