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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What church did Desmond's father pastor?

2. When did Milwaukee implement the New Hope program?

3. 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?

4. In 2020, how many people were killed in Chicago by gun violence?

5. Who was the author of the Official Poverty Measure?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Official Poverty Measure?

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

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

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

5. Had poverty gotten worse because spending was reduced?

6. Why was Crystal Mayberry born prematurely?

7. What happened when poor workers received a pay raise?

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

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

10. How did Mississippi use TANF funds?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Desmond believed that poverty was not simply a money problem. Why did Desmond believe that poverty was not merely a money problem, but also a cascade of social problems?

Essay Topic 2

Desegregation often led to private opulence and public squalor. How and why did desegregation often lead to private opulence and public squalor?

Essay Topic 3

In 2019, over seven million families did not have a bank account. How was poverty connected to a denial of access to credit and banking?

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