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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. When did Leo Tolstoy move to Moscow?

2. In Texas, what could the annual percentage rate reach on a two-week loan?

3. When did Congress pass federal legislation abolishing housing discrimination?

4. According to a study, how many poor people in America were working-age adults disconnected from the labor market for unknown reasons?

5. At what rate were the 400 richest Americans taxed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Leo Tolstoy believe caused the horrible poverty he saw in Moscow?

2. How and why did poverty rates fall during the COVID pandemic?

3. What were some excuses for the rising housing costs, and what did Desmond believe caused the rising housing costs?

4. How would a mortgage have benefitted Lakia Higbee and why did she rent?

5. How did rent increase from 2000 to 2021?

6. Why did Desmond write that middle-class families were not carrying the poor on their backs?

7. How did corporations avoid paying the taxes they owed?

8. What are some ways to be exploited?

9. What did statistics show about the tax rate for all Americans?

10. What challenges did Blacks face with banking?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Desmond believed that poverty could be affected by racial disadvantages or privileges. How was poverty unequal, and how did race affect that inequality?

Essay Topic 2

Poverty often required individuals to struggle for their basic needs. What is poverty, and how did it affect day-to-day life for those who lived below the poverty line?

Essay Topic 3

Desmond believed everyone should be a poverty abolitionist. What was a poverty abolitionist, and what role might they play in improving the lives of the poor?

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