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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the Flint, Michigan, water crisis, how many children were exposed to lead poisoning?
(a) 8,900.
(b) 11,350.
(c) Upward of 12,000.
(d) Nearly 15,000.

2. When did Kansas senator Roger Marshall declare that the main "impediment" (85) to his state's sagging labor market was unemployment insurance paying people not to work?
(a) July 2023.
(b) June 2021.
(c) August 2020.
(d) May 2022.

3. How many powerboats did Americans buy in 2020?
(a) 273,000.
(b) 108,000.
(c) About 405,000.
(d) More than 310,000.

4. What was the value of PayPal founder Peter Thiel's Roth IRA?
(a) $5 billion.
(b) $900 million.
(c) $550 million.
(d) $3 billion.

5. In the book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, what percent of adult Americans did the author report had relied on a major government program at some time in their lives?
(a) 32.
(b) 96.
(c) 68.
(d) 45.

6. By what percent had median rent increased since 2000 in the West?
(a) 135 percent.
(b) 192 percent.
(c) 112 percent.
(d) 189 percent.

7. What might the average borrower of a pay day loan pay in fees to borrow $375?
(a) $215.
(b) $520.
(c) $490.
(d) $380.

8. When was their a financial crisis in the 19th century that caused landlords to subdivide properties to make room for more renters?
(a) 1851.
(b) 1869.
(c) 1843.
(d) 1837.

9. When did Roman historian, Sallust, document the problem of a large quantity of poor people living alongside millions of rich people?
(a) 78 B.C.E.
(b) 63 B.C.E.
(c) 58 B.C.E.
(d) 38 B.C.E.

10. At the time Poverty, by America was written, how much money did the U.S. lose yearly due to tax avoidance?
(a) $900 million.
(b) About $20 billion.
(c) More than $1 trillion.
(d) $3 trillion.

11. When did President Obama propose to do away with tax benefits to 529 college savings plans?
(a) 2016.
(b) 2013.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2015.

12. In December 2021, by what percent did eviction filings fall in Austin?
(a) 39.
(b) 28.
(c) 64.
(d) 53.

13. In Texas, what could the annual percentage rate reach on a two-week loan?
(a) 516.
(b) 460.
(c) 398.
(d) 664.

14. When the General Social Survey was conducted in 1990, what percent of Americans believed Black Americans were lazy?
(a) 37 percent.
(b) 58 percent.
(c) 22 percent.
(d) 44 percent.

15. How much could be raised by stopping the mortgage interest deduction?
(a) $32 billion.
(b) $17 billion.
(c) $12 billion.
(d) $25 billion.

Short Answer Questions

1. After John F. Kennedy was assassinated, when did Democrats have majorities in both houses of Congress?

2. For four months during the COVID pandemic, how much did unemployed Americans received on top of their regular stipend weekly?

3. How were elderly people notified about food stamps that caused them to sign up?

4. After the Great Recession that began in 2008, how long did families in the bottom half of the income distribution have to wait before their incomes returned to pre-recession levels?

5. According to studies, what percent of the taxes they owed did the ultra-rich pay?

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