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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. What was the deep poverty line in 2020 for a family of four?
(a) $15,800.
(b) $12,700.
(c) $13,100.
(d) $14,200.

2. In 2020, how many people were killed in Chicago by gun violence?
(a) 635.
(b) 913.
(c) 722.
(d) 841.

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

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

5. At the time Poverty, by America was written, how many people were immigrants?
(a) 3 in 20.
(b) 2 in 10.
(c) 2 in 15.
(d) 1 in 8.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the time Desmond wrote Poverty, by America, how many amputation occurred weekly in America's meatpacking plants?

3. How many undocumented workers were paid below minimum wage at the time Poverty, by America was written?

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

5. When Walmart announced raising the hourly wage to $15 in 2021, by what percent did their stock fall?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did some of the government aid for the poor never reach them?

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

3. What were some statistics that revealed how bad poverty was in America?

4. What are independent contractors and how did they affect wages and benefits?

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

6. Why and how did Desmond and his family learn to fix things themselves?

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

8. Why was Crystal Mayberry born prematurely?

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

10. What is the Official Poverty Measure?

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