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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the time Black men who did not finish high school are in their mid-thirties, how many will have spent their lives in prison?
(a) About 12 in 15.
(b) Almost 7 in 10.
(c) About 8 in 10.
(d) About 11 in 15.

2. 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) $20 billion.
(b) $5 billion.
(c) $15 billion.
(d) $3.5 billion.

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

4. When did unions like the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America exclude Black workers?
(a) 1970s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1940s.

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

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

7. When Crystal was diagnosed with mental illness, how much SSI did she receive monthly?
(a) $679.
(b) $876.
(c) $754.
(d) $583.

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

9. What was the minimum wage in 1946?
(a) 35 cents.
(b) 40 cents.
(c) 45 cents.
(d) 50 cents.

10. How many premature deaths did a study find could have been prevented in New York City from 2008 to 2012 if the city's minimum wage had been $15 an hour?
(a) 6,900.
(b) 5,500.
(c) 4,800.
(d) 3,600.

11. 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) 2 in 5.
(d) 1 in 3.

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

13. In 2020, how much money did states have in their possession of unspent welfare funds?
(a) About $775 million.
(b) Almost $6 billion.
(c) Nearly $500 million.
(d) Nearly $1 trillion.

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

15. How long did the 1965 Delano grape strike and boycott last?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 27 months.
(d) 3 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2020, how many Food Lion workers in North Carolina drew food stamps?

2. How old was Julio Payes when he collapsed from exhaustion in the aisle of a grocery store?

3. What was the median income for a Black household in 2019?

4. In 2020, what was the maximum amount one could receive if they claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit?

5. When was Crystal Mayberry born?

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