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Question 1
What proportion of children in the UK live in poverty?
• A: 4%
• B: 10%
• C: 16%
• D: 22%
Question 1
What proportion of children in the UK live in poverty?
• A: 4%
• B: 10%
• C: 16%
• D: 22%
Question 2
What proportion of the poorest families in England live in non-decent homes?
• A: 35%
• B: 27%
• C: 20%
• D: 30%
Question 2
What proportion of the poorest families in England live in non-decent homes?
• A: 35%
• B: 27%
• C: 20%
• D: 30%
Question 3
In 2007, 62.8% of children not on free school meals achieved 5 or more good GCSEs. What proportion of children on free school meals achieved the same?
• A: 35.5%
• B: 42.5%
• C: 45.6%
• D: 53.9%
Question 3
In 2007, 62.8% of children not on free school meals achieved 5 or more good GCSEs. What proportion of children on free school meals achieved the same?
• A: 35.5%
• B: 42.5%
• C: 45.6%
• D: 53.9%
Question 4
How much more likely are poor children to die as a result of exposure to smoke, fire or flames?
• A: 3 times
• B: 9 times
• C: 13 times
• D: 37 times.
Question 4
How much more likely are poor children to die as a result of exposure to smoke, fire or flames?
• A: 3 times
• B: 9 times
• C: 13 times
• D: 37 times.
Question 5
What is the minimum wage for those aged 22 or over?
• A: £ 3.75
• B: £4.60
• C: £5.20
• D: £5.80
Question 5
What is the minimum wage for those aged 22 or over?
• A: £ 3.75
• B: £4.60
• C: £5.20
• D: £5.80
Question 6
What’s the poverty threshold for a couple family with two children aged 5 and 14 (before housing costs)?
• A: £200 per week
• B: £332 per week
• C: £376 per week
• D: £442 per week
Question 6
What’s the poverty threshold for a couple family with two children aged 5 and 14 (before housing costs)?
• A: £200 per week
• B: £332 per week
• C: £376 per week
• D: £442 per week
Question 7
What proportion of people from Bangladeshi backgrounds live in low income households in the UK ?
• A: 20%
• B: 35%
• C: 56%
• D: 60%
Question 7
What proportion of people from Bangladeshi backgrounds live in low income households in the UK ?
• A: 20%
• B: 35%
• C: 56%
• D: 60%
Question 8
Of the following groups of deprived children, which group is most likely to not achieve 5 good GCSES?
• A: Bangladeshi boys in low income households• B: Black Caribbean boys in low income
households• C: Pakistani girls in low income households• D: white boys in low income households
Question 8
Of the following groups of deprived children, which group is most likely to not achieve 5 good GCSES?
• A: Bangladeshi boys in low income households• B: Black Caribbean boys in low income
households• C: Pakistani girls in low income households• D: white boys in low income households
Question 9
How many benefit payments does the DWP make everyday?
• A: 12 million
• B: 10 million
• C: 5 million
• D: 4 million
Question 9
How many benefit payments does the DWP make everyday?
• A: 12 million
• B: 10 million
• C: 5 million
• D: 4 million
Question 10
The number of people in work from each of the following groups has risen since 1997 or 1998, except for one. Which group has seen a fall in the number of people in work?
• A: Lone Parents• B: Disabled People• C: Ethnic Minorities• D: The least qualified
Question 10
The number of people in work from each of the following groups has risen since 1997 or 1998, except for one. Which group has seen a fall in the number of people in work?
• A: Lone Parents• B: Disabled People• C: Ethnic Minorities• D: The least qualified
Question 11
Most of the following quotes are from children in Britain today, but one is from a Dickens Novel. Can you identify which one?
• A: ‘some people haven’t got no shoes’• B: ‘some children sleep on the floor in bags’• C: ‘we all share one bedroom’• D: ‘they were not well dressed; their shoes, were
far from being water-proof’ • E: ‘this house is making me sick. There’s the
rats there and I feel them at night…’
Question 11
Most of the following quotes are from children in Britain today, but one is from a Dickens Novel. Can you identify which one?
• A: ‘some people haven’t got no shoes’• B: ‘some children sleep on the floor in bags’• C: ‘we all share one bedroom’• D: ‘they were not well dressed; their shoes,
were far from being water-proof’ [Dickens Christmas Carol]
• E: ‘this house is making me sick. There’s the rats there and I feel them at night…’
Question12
Who wrote “Poverty’s no disgrace, but ‘tis a great inconvenience”
• A: Flora Thompson – Lark Rise to Candleford
• B: Anthony Trollope – The Last Chronicle of Barset
• C: George Elliot - Middlemarch
• D: Thomas Hardy – Jude the Obscure
Question12
Who wrote “Poverty’s no disgrace, but ‘tis a great inconvenience”
• A: Flora Thompson – Lark Rise to Candleford
• B: Anthony Trollope – The Last Chronicle of Barset
• C: George Eliot - Middlemarch
• D: Thomas Hardy – Jude the Obscure
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