Overla - Chapter 8 Social Stratification
- 1.Indicate the main idea of the passage
- A.
Women living in shelters have difficulty in safely storing their clothes and belongings
- B.
Women living in shelters have food and shelter but must struggle to meet other needs
- C.
Women living in shelters have difficulty filling up the hours spent every day on the street
- 2.The major hardships of women living in homeless shelters are
- A.
Sleeplessness, boredom, and lack of storage space
- B.
Boredome, sleeplessness, and hunger
- C.
Hunger, boredom, and lack of storage space
- D.
Sleeplessness, hunger, and lack of storage space
- 3.Several of the women in the shelter had difficulty sleeping because of
- A.
The noise from coughing or weeping
- B.
The sounds of people snoring
- C.
Their preoccupation with worries
- D.
All of the above caused difficulty in sleeping
- 4.The women were obliged to leave the shelter early in the morning unless
- A.
They were seriously ill
- B.
They had nowhere else to go
- C.
It was snowing or raining
- D.
It was Thanksgiving or Christmas
- 5.The women were reluctant to leave their belongings at the shelter because they
- A.
Often changed shelters every night
- B.
Needed all of their belongings during the day
- C.
Were fearful that the items would be stolen
- D.
Did not have any belongings to leave
- 6.SImple survival does NOT include
- A.
Food
- B.
Warmth
- C.
Shelter
- D.
Happiness
- 7.One example of public assistance is
- A.
Food stamps
- B.
Shelters
- C.
Soup kitchens
- D.
Hospital emergency rooms
- 8.In the phrase the great trials of homelessness, the word trial means
- A.
A court case
- B.
A hardship
- C.
A verdict
- D.
An experiment
- 9.In this passage, slog means
- A.
A type of thick soup
- B.
To hit or punch heavily
- C.
To live without joy
- D.
To walk through mud
- 10.In the passage, the phrase Grace and Kathleen notwithstanding could be replaced with
- A.
Not including Grace and Kathleen
- B.
Including Grace and Kathleen
- C.
Against Grace and Kathleen
- D.
Because of Grace and Kathleen
- 11.Explain absolute poverty AND explain relative poverty
- 12.Discuss the differences in life chances that exist between you and someone your age in a poor Asian country in the following areas: Education: Health Care: Job Opportunities:
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