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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. By July 2022, what was the minimum wage in Emeryvill?
(a) $17.68.
(b) $16.
(c) $15.
(d) $18.39.
2. When did Desmond begin paying attention to poverty?
(a) As a child.
(b) As a teen.
(c) As a young adult.
(d) As a young father.
3. Who was the author of the Official Poverty Measure?
(a) Martin Weale.
(b) Mollie Orshansky.
(c) D. Nathan Sheets.
(d) Diane Coyle.
4. When Crystal could no longer live with her mother, how long did she live with an aunt?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 5 years.
5. At the time Desmond wrote Poverty, by America, how many amputation occurred weekly in America's meatpacking plants?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did air traffic controllers strike when negotiations with the Federal Aviation Administration broke down?
2. In 2020, how much money did states have in their possession of unspent welfare funds?
3. In 2016, how many lobbyists did Uber have working in 44 states?
4. How old was a warehouse worker who had to give up two of his children to keep one?
5. When did Milwaukee implement the New Hope program?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Mississippi use TANF funds?
2. How were employees tracked on the job, and how did that affect workers?
3. How did poverty affect Desmond's former roommate Woo?
4. Why and how did Desmond and his family learn to fix things themselves?
5. Why did it seem unimaginable that the U.S. had made so little progress in poverty reduction?
6. Had poverty gotten worse because spending was reduced?
7. What were Julio Payes's days like and why?
8. How did many welfare policies have an antifamily design?
9. Why did Desmond write Poverty, By America?
10. When Desmond went to college, how was his life different from the lives of many of his classmates?
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