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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the closest large city to where Desmond grew up?
(a) Flagstaff.
(b) Tucson.
(c) Mesa.
(d) Phoenix.

3. Near what town did Desmond grow up?
(a) Blue Ridge.
(b) Doney Park.
(c) Holbrook.
(d) Winslow.

4. In 2020 of every dollar budgeted for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), how much did poor families receive directly?
(a) 63 cents.
(b) 22 cents.
(c) 15 cents.
(d) 55 cents.

5. In 2020, how many people were killed in Chicago by gun violence?
(a) 913.
(b) 635.
(c) 722.
(d) 841.

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

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

8. When Crystal got an apartment, what percent of her income did rent take?
(a) 69.
(b) 91.
(c) 73.
(d) 86.

9. When Poverty, by America was written, how many American workers belonged to a union?
(a) 1 in 10.
(b) 2 in 20.
(c) 3 in 25.
(d) 1 in 5.

10. How many undocumented workers were paid below minimum wage at the time Poverty, by America was written?
(a) 2/3.
(b) More than 1/3.
(c) About 1/2.
(d) 1/4.

11. How much in market value did Walmart lose when it announced in 2015 that it planned to increase its starting wage to at least $9 an hour?
(a) $15 billion.
(b) $5 billion.
(c) $20 billion.
(d) $3.5 billion.

12. How old was a warehouse worker who had to give up two of his children to keep one?
(a) 50.
(b) 49.
(c) 55.
(d) 47.

13. 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.

14. How long ago were only the rich able to afford cell phones?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 12 years.

15. What was the median income for a Black household in 2019?
(a) $36,050.
(b) $37,400.
(c) $24,100.
(d) $21,300.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the 1965 Delano grape strike and boycott last?

2. In the average American city between 2000 and 2022, by what percent had fuel and utilities increased?

3. When Desmond was in graduate school, where did he live?

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

5. How likely are Black and Hispanic American to be poor compared to white Americans?

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