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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 was the value of PayPal founder Peter Thiel's Roth IRA?

2. In 2020, how much money did the mortgage interest deducation allow more than 13 million Americans to keep?

3. By what percent had median rent increased since 2000 in the West?

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

5. In studies conducted in the 1980s and 1990s, within what amount of time did young mothers on welfare quit relying on it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some laws that served as walls to keep out the poor?

2. What did English doctor and clergyman Joseph Townsend have to say about getting poor people to work?

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

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

5. What were some ways social scientists and policymakers attempted to move low-income families to promising neighborhoods?

6. How did rent increase from 2000 to 2021?

7. Why did Desmond believe that deeper antipoverty investments were not required?

8. How did Japan, Great Britain, Estonia, the Netherlands, and some other countries handle tax filing?

9. What challenges did Blacks face with banking?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Each chapter of Poverty, by America has a title heading. How is the book divided into chapter titles, and what purpose do chapter titles serve?

Essay Topic 2

There were many ways the poor were exploited, especially when it came to the housing market. What were some different types of exploitation? How did exploitation affect the poor and their ability to get out of poverty?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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