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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Walmart announced raising the hourly wage to $15 in 2021, by what percent did their stock fall?
(a) 2 percent.
(b) 6 percent.
(c) 8 percent.
(d) 3 percent.

3. In a survey of men and women released from prison in Massachusetts, what percent had witnessed a murder as children?
(a) 60.
(b) 50.
(c) 40.
(d) 55.

4. In 2022, how much did the U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent to influence government policy?
(a) $40 million.
(b) $25 million.
(c) $35 million.
(d) $20 million.

5. At the time Poverty, by America was written, how many people were immigrants?
(a) 3 in 20.
(b) 2 in 15.
(c) 2 in 10.
(d) 1 in 8.

6. At the time Poverty, by America was written how many poor families were headed by a single mother?
(a) 2 in 10.
(b) 1 in 10.
(c) 1 in 3.
(d) 2 in 5.

7. In the past 50 years, by what percent had infant mortality rates and deaths from heart disease fallen?
(a) 85.
(b) 60.
(c) 55.
(d) 70.

8. When did Desmond begin paying attention to poverty?
(a) As a child.
(b) As a teen.
(c) As a young adult.
(d) As a young father.

9. When did Milwaukee implement the New Hope program?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1984.
(c) Late 1980s.
(d) Mid-1990s.

10. When Desmond was in graduate school, where did he live?
(a) Dorms.
(b) A mobile home park and a rooming house.
(c) A rent-controlled apartment and a mobile home park.
(d) Student housing.

11. At the time Desmond wrote Poverty, by America, how many amputation occurred weekly in America's meatpacking plants?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

12. When was Crystal Mayberry born?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1990.

13. How old was Julio Payes when he collapsed from exhaustion in the aisle of a grocery store?
(a) 25.
(b) 23.
(c) 22.
(d) 24.

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

15. How likely are Black and Hispanic American to be poor compared to white Americans?
(a) Three times.
(b) Five times.
(c) Four times.
(d) Two times.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Desmond meet home health aides who belonged to the full-time working homeless?

2. Who wrote that the history of the world was "who gets eaten and who gets to eat" (42)?

3. What was the deep poverty line in 2020 for a family of four?

4. In 2016, how many lobbyists did Uber have working in 44 states?

5. What vehicle did Desmond drive when he was in college?

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