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Child Poverty Quiz. Question 1 What proportion of children in the UK live in poverty? A: 4% B: 10% C: 16% D: 22%

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1 Child Poverty Quiz

2 Question 1 What proportion of children in the UK live in poverty? A: 4% B: 10% C: 16% D: 22%

3 Question 1 What proportion of children in the UK live in poverty? A: 4% B: 10% C: 16% D: 22%

4 Question 2 What proportion of the poorest families in England live in non-decent homes? A: 35% B: 27% C: 20% D: 30%

5 Question 2 What proportion of the poorest families in England live in non-decent homes? A: 35% B: 27% C: 20% D: 30%

6 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%

7 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%

8 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.

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.

10 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

11 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

12 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

13 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

14 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%

15 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%

16 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

17 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

18 Question 9 How many benefit payments does the DWP make everyday? A: 12 million B: 10 million C: 5 million D: 4 million

19 Question 9 How many benefit payments does the DWP make everyday? A: 12 million B: 10 million C: 5 million D: 4 million

20 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

21 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

22 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…’

23 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…’

24 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

25 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

26 Answers 1 – A 2 – B 3 – A 4 – D 5 – C 6 – B 7 – C

27 Answers 8 – D 9 – B 10 – D 11 – D 12 – A

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