Poverty, by America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Matthew Desmond
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Poverty, by America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Matthew Desmond
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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 2020, how much money did the mortgage interest deducation allow more than 13 million Americans to keep?
(a) $17.9 billion.
(b) $38.1 billion.
(c) $24.7 billion.
(d) $5.6 billion.

2. What did the house cost that Desmond grew up in?
(a) $60,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $75,000.
(d) $35,000.

3. In 2019, how much did the largest banks in America charge customer in overdraft fees?
(a) $11 million.
(b) $11.68 blllion.
(c) $5 million.
(d) $9.63 billion.

4. How many newly built English homes would fit into the average new American home?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

5. When Desmond lived in Bram's Addition, where were his neighbors who lived across the street from?
(a) Venezuela.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Mexico.
(d) South America.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2019, what was the percent of the U.S. population that was poor?

2. When was Crystal Mayberry born?

3. When did President Johnson tell Congress that they needed to make the promise of America good for Black Americans?

4. In 2020 of every dollar budgeted for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), how much did poor families receive directly?

5. How many applications were made for the affordable apartments that were opened in the wealthy township of Cherry Hill, New Jersey?

(see the answer key)

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