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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. In 2020, what was the maximum amount one could receive if they claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit?
(a) $7,539.
(b) $4,790.
(c) $6,030.
(d) $5,920.

2. When was Crystal Mayberry born?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1986.

3. When did air traffic controllers strike when negotiations with the Federal Aviation Administration broke down?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1979.

4. In 2018, on what amount were 5.3 million Americans subsisting daily?
(a) $3.
(b) $4.
(c) $6.
(d) $5.

5. In 2020, how much money did states have in their possession of unspent welfare funds?
(a) Nearly $500 million.
(b) Nearly $1 trillion.
(c) Almost $6 billion.
(d) About $775 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Desmond wrote Poverty, by America, how many school children were homeless?

2. Of the approximately 750,000 workers around the world who made and sell Apple products when Desmond wrote the book, how many worked directly for Apple?

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

4. How much in market value did Walmart lose when it announced in 2015 that it planned to increase its starting wage to at least $9 an hour?

5. In Arizona, Connecticut, and Kentucky, how much were inmates charged to call out on the prison phone per 15 minute call?

Short Essay Questions

1. Had poverty gotten worse because spending was reduced?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Where did Desmond grow up?

10. What is the Official Poverty Measure?

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