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Causes of Poverty and Homelessness and
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This theory blames poverty on structural conditions (i.e. school, health care, criminal justice system) that work to the disadvantage of the poor.
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Human Capital theory
Institutional Discrimination theory
Culture of Poverty theory
According to this theory, poverty is a way of life passed from generation to generation in a self-perpetuating cycle.
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Human Capital theory
Institutional Discrimination theory
Culture of Poverty theory
According to this theory, the poor are poor because they do not have the knowledge, training, job skills, and education to sell to employers.
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Consider the episode on pages 76 and 77 of The Glass Castle, where Rose Mary attempted to conceal her paycheck from Rex by hiding some of the money in a sock. Which answer best characterizes Rex’s response to the scheme?
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Rex grew irate with Rose Mary because she hid money from him, and held her out the window, “by the arms while she tried to hit him in the face.” The children ultimately pulled Rose Mary back inside, though Rex insisted that, “[he] didn’t push her… She jumped.”
Rex insisted the family go to the Owl Club for a celebratory dinner, where the steaks, “tasted so good [they] forgot [they] were eating a week’s worth of groceries.”
Rex pleaded with Rose Mary to approach her mother for money, insisting that Grandma Smith should, “be making an investment” in the family.
Rex escaped to the Nevada Hotel with Ginger because, according to Brian, “She makes a lot of money.”
Which theory of poverty best applies to the episode on pages 76-77 of The Glass Castle, where Rose Mary attempted to conceal her paycheck from Rex by hiding some of the money in a sock?
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Identify the speaker of the following excerpt from The Glass Castle: "I'm such an excitement addict."
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Lori
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Identify the speaker of the following excerpt from The Glass Castle: “I can not only see that tree, I can see the individual leaves on it.”
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Lori
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On page 102 of The Glass Castle, the author contents that “lot of our neighbors on North Third Street were kind of weird.” What experiences in Phoenix led her to draw this conclusion?
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A. “Some of the people who lived [there] had been there for years… There were old prospectors, their faces wrinkled and brown… the kids were lean and hard.”
B. “A clan of Gypsies lived down the block in a big, falling down house… [and] they were always stealing our stuff.”
C. “From time to time, a vagrant or a wino would wander through the front door, assuming the house was deserted. When we woke up in the morning, we’d find one asleep in a front room.”
D. “Billy was a certified JD – juvenile delinquent. He told us he spent time in a detention center in Reno for shoplifting and vandalizing cars.”
E. answers A and C
F. answers B and C
On page 111 of The Glass Castle, Rose Mary takes the children shoplifting. How does she rationalize her decision?
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A, Rose Mary was concerned that Maureen, “didn’t have any allies in the family around her age” and that, “she needed special treatment.”
B. Rose Mary decided to enroll Maureen, “in preschool, but she said she didn’t want her youngest daughter dressed in the thrift-store clothes” the other Walls children wore.
C. Rose Mary was offended that lady who drove the family back to Phoenix repeatedly made comments like, “those poor people,” and “those poor kids.”
D. Rose Mary insisted that, “a woman who looks good… feels good.”
E. answers A and B
F. answers A and C
On pages 106 and 107 of The Glass Castle, the Walls family visits the zoo. Why was going to the zoo particularly special for Jeannette?
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A. The trip to the zoo was special for Jeannette because they were celebrating Rex’s “new life on the wagon.”
B. The trip to the zoo was special for Jeannette because it was the first stop when, “moving east, to West Virginia, where Dad’s parents lived.”
C. The trip to the zoo was special for Jeannette because the family, “hadn’t been on a single expedition since [they] moved to Phoenix.”
D. The trip to the zoo was special for Jeannette because it gave her the opportunity to, “compile a thorough art reference library.”
E. answers A and B
F. answers B and C
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