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Poverty in America was initially defined with the assumption that food expenses amount to about __________ of a family's income. |
| | A) | one-fourth |
| | B) | one-third |
| | C) | one-fifth |
| | D) | one-sixth |
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Regarding poverty in America, which of the following statements is the least accurate? |
| | A) | The number of poor at a given time gives us an estimate of how many will be poor over an entire lifetime. |
| | B) | There is continuous movement in and out of poverty. |
| | C) | Official poverty figures minimize the actual number of the poor. |
| | D) | One-third or more Americans will suffer poverty at some point in their lives. |
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The rate of poverty among whites in America is _______ that for African Americans or Hispanics. |
| | A) | slightly higher than |
| | B) | about the same as |
| | C) | slightly lower than |
| | D) | substantially lower than |
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In contrast to the urban poor, the rural poor in America are more likely to be: |
| | A) | white, single and young |
| | B) | white, elderly, disabled and married |
| | C) | black, elderly and married |
| | D) | black, single and young |
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Among the homeless there is a disproportionate number of all of the following EXCEPT: |
| | A) | white men |
| | B) | disabled men |
| | C) | veterans |
| | D) | drug abusers or addicts |
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While the homeless are a very diverse group, the text reports that over the last decade ________ have made up an increasing proportion of those without shelter. |
| | A) | single men |
| | B) | the mentally ill |
| | C) | women and children |
| | D) | disabled veterans |
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The wealthiest one percent of American households own nearly _____ percent of the nation's wealth. |
| | A) | 10 |
| | B) | 20 |
| | C) | 30 |
| | D) | 40 |
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Which of the following statements about the chronically homeless does NOT tend to be true? |
| | A) | They are male. |
| | B) | They are single mothers. |
| | C) | They are drug abusers. |
| | D) | They have never been married. |
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Rainwater argues that the poor employ survival strategies, one of which, the ________ strategy, involves manipulating others while making oneself appealing. |
| | A) | depressive |
| | B) | regressive |
| | C) | violent |
| | D) | expressive |
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A 1995 study of single mothers on welfare in four different cities revealed that the low level of assistance required them to do any or all of the following EXCEPT: |
| | A) | resort to shoplifting |
| | B) | get money from boyfriends |
| | C) | get help from friends and relatives |
| | D) | get money from unreported work |
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According to the National Center for Health Statistics, which of the following groups among the poor is most likely to suffer from not having enough to eat? |
| | A) | single mothers |
| | B) | unemployed men |
| | C) | married couples with children |
| | D) | elderly couples |
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Among the consequences of an inadequate diet, ________ in the first year of life is associated with an inability to concentrate in school. |
| | A) | pellagra |
| | B) | scurvy |
| | C) | rickets |
| | D) | protein deficiency |
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A key dilemma for the poor is being forced to choose between _______ and change. |
| | A) | poverty |
| | B) | powerlessness |
| | C) | hopelessness |
| | D) | security |
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The text tells the story of a young woman whose drunken father had missed the opening night of her performance in a school play. She later realized he had gotten drunk because he: |
| | A) | was ashamed of his clothing |
| | B) | was ashamed of his daughter |
| | C) | typically got drunk at night |
| | D) | used drinking to justify his unemployment |
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The text uses the 1967 Medicaid program to illustrate the: |
| | A) | indifference of the poor to public policy decisions |
| | B) | drawbacks of multiple decision-making centers |
| | C) | middle-class control of bureaucracies |
| | D) | complexities of getting government aid |
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Which of the following was NOT one of the four areas of abuse consumer advocate Ralph Nader attributed to our "corporate welfare state"? |
| | A) | the tax structure |
| | B) | bailouts |
| | C) | taxpayer-funded research and development |
| | D) | subsidies to profit-making businesses |
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When all impacts of federal, state and local taxes are considered, it turns out that the poor have paid ________ proportion of their income in taxes, relative to those who are not poor. |
| | A) | a very low |
| | B) | a low |
| | C) | about as high a |
| | D) | a significantly higher |
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Which of the following statements regarding poverty and the economy is NOT true? |
| | A) | The concentration of income at the top of the economy has increased. |
| | B) | Many of the poor are trapped in a circle of poverty. |
| | C) | Our economic system allows a concentration of wealth. |
| | D) | A certain percentage of workers will always be paid poverty-level wages. |
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Studies have shown that people in upper, middle and lower social strata use language differently with respect to all of the following EXCEPT: |
| | A) | recognition of personal names |
| | B) | pronunciation |
| | C) | word-selection styles |
| | D) | intonation or stress |
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Survey studies reveal that _______ endorse(s) the American ideology of wealth and poverty which holds that there are opportunities for advancement available to all. |
| | A) | few who are well-off |
| | B) | more poor than well-off |
| | C) | virtually no one who is poor |
| | D) | some of the poor |
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