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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 4,800.
(c) 5,500.
(d) 3,600.

2. 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) About 8 in 10.
(c) Almost 7 in 10.
(d) About 11 in 15.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 2019, what was the percent of the U.S. population that was poor?

3. At the time Poverty, by America was written, how many cents on the dollar did Black workers make compared to the average white worker?

4. In 2020, how much money did states have in their possession of unspent welfare funds?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Had poverty gotten worse because spending was reduced?

2. How did Mississippi use TANF funds?

3. What was the relationship between corporate profits and labor costs?

4. When Desmond went to college, how was his life different from the lives of many of his classmates?

5. How does race affect who lives in poverty and who does not?

6. How were employees tracked on the job, and how did that affect workers?

7. Did raising the minimum wage cause unemployment?

8. Why are there millions more Americans in poverty than official statistics reveal?

9. Why did Desmond write Poverty, By America?

10. How did many welfare policies have an antifamily design?

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