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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 percentage of landlords who received a nuisance citation for domestic violence responded by evicting the tenants or threatening to evict them for future phone calls to police?

2. When did Rufus begin collecting junk?

3. What was the name of the AA bar that Scott went to in Chapter 23?

4. What did Crystal Mayberry have as belongings when she moved into Thirteenth Street?

5. How old was Kristin when Ned and Pam searched for a place to live in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Scott find when he went to the rehab clinic in Chapter 14?

2. How does the author define the meaning of "home" in his Epilogue?

3. Why did Pam and Ned struggle in their search for housing?

4. What is a nuisiance ordinance?

5. How did Scott finally get clean?

6. When did Tobin buy College Mobile Home Park? How much did he pay? How much did he earn from the park in 2008?

7. How does the author justify Larraine's spending habits in Chapter 18?

8. What factors contributed to the deterioration of the extended kin networks?

9. What led to the fire in Kamala's apartment? What were the immediate impacts of the fire?

10. With what was Vanetta charged and what was her sentence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Pam and Ned's story in Evicted. What led to Pam and Ned's eviction from College Mobile Home Park? Where did they go after they were evicted? What were their primary struggles in finding housing?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss Larraine's story in Evicted. What caused Larraine to be evicted from College Mobile Home Park? Where did she move next? What were the primary obstacles that Larraine faced in finding housing?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Scott's story in Evicted. What led to Scott's loss of employment? How did he come to live at College Mobile Home Park? How did Scott eventually overcome his opioid addiction and regain housing?

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