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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Desmond go to graduate school?
(a) University of Michigan.
(b) University of Wisconsin.
(c) University of Illinois.
(d) University of Colorado.

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

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

4. Who wrote that the history of the world was "who gets eaten and who gets to eat" (42)?
(a) Luciano Berio.
(b) Stephen Sondheim.
(c) Maurice Ravel.
(d) George Gershwin.

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

6. In 2022, where was the poverty line drawn for a family of four?
(a) $25,950.
(b) $33,150.
(c) $27,750.
(d) $31,050.

7. How long had Matthew Desmond research and reported on poverty before writing Poverty, By America?
(a) Half of his adult life.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) Most of his adult life.

8. Where did Desmond present a paper titled "Exploiting the Inner City" (43)?
(a) The Booth School of Business.
(b) The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
(c) Wharton School.
(d) Harvard's Kennedy School of Business.

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

10. What U.S. state has a bigger economy than South Korea?
(a) Illinois.
(b) New York State.
(c) California.
(d) Colorado.

11. When did air traffic controllers strike when negotiations with the Federal Aviation Administration broke down?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1979.

12. In 2019, what was the percent of the U.S. population that was poor?
(a) 10.5.
(b) 15.9.
(c) 13.3.
(d) 18.6.

13. In the average American city between 2000 and 2022, by what percent had fuel and utilities increased?
(a) 90.
(b) 75.
(c) 45.
(d) 115.

14. How many hours did Julio Payes have to work to afford the unfurnished room he shared with his mother and two siblings?
(a) Up to 16.
(b) More than 14.
(c) 18.
(d) 12.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the past 50 years, by what percent had infant mortality rates and deaths from heart disease fallen?

3. Where did Desmond meet Crystal Mayberry?

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

5. At how many universities had Desmond taught on inequality?

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