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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. At how many universities had Desmond taught on inequality?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

2. 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.

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

4. In Arizona, Connecticut, and Kentucky, how much were inmates charged to call out on the prison phone per 15 minute call?
(a) $6.
(b) $4.
(c) $5.
(d) $3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was a warehouse worker who had to give up two of his children to keep one?

2. What percent of the U.S. population was poor in 1970?

3. In 2020 of every dollar budgeted for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), how much did poor families receive directly?

4. During Ronald Reagan's presidency, by what percent did the aid reserved for American who fell below a certain income level increase?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did it seem unimaginable that the U.S. had made so little progress in poverty reduction?

3. What was Crystal Mayberry's life like and why did she become homeless?

4. Had poverty gotten worse because spending was reduced?

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

6. How did poverty affect Desmond's former roommate Woo?

7. What is the Official Poverty Measure?

8. What were Julio Payes's days like and why?

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

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

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