Evicted Questions and Answers
Who is Sherrena in Evicted?
Who is Crystal in Matthew Desmond's Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City?
Compare and contrast Sherrena and Tobin in Evicted.
Who is Arleen in Evicted?
Why does Crystal allow Arleen to stay in the apartment in Evicted by Matthew Desmond?
How do tenants like Crystal and Arleen rely on friends and extended kin networks to get by in "Evicted" by Matthew Desmond?
What are the main themes or arguments in Evicted? Cite evidence from the text.
How does the book Evicted relate to sociology?
Is the author biased, and if so, in what way?
What challenges does Arleen face when trying to get approved for subsidized housing in Evicted?
What does the author mean by "the house failed the tenants, and the tenants failed the house"?
Compare and contrast the tenants (Sherrena and Tobin) of Evicted.
Explain why the author says, “Children didn’t shield families from eviction; they exposed them to it.”
Do you agree with Sherrena when she says: "The 'hood is good. There's a lot of money there"?
How is the trailer park similar to and different from the North Side of Milwaukee?
How did Scott recover from his addictions?
Where in Evicted does the quote “Eviction is a cause, not just a condition, of poverty.” appear
In Evicted, how did Vanetta prepare for her sentencing hearing?
What racial/ethnic stereotypes does Evicted by Matthew Desmond show? How do people in Evicted use race and ethnicity in their social relations?
How does racism play a role in Evicted by Matthew Desmond?
How does eviction affect Arleen in the book Evicted?
Why does Larraine spend her money the way she does?
What is Crystal’s pattern of behavior?
what are some of the solutions to the lack of affordable housing?
How do Belinda and Sherrena support each other?
Why do you think Vanetta’s public defender failed to mention that she was attending GED classes, providing childcare, and looking for housing every morning? How might that information have impacted her sentencing?
How did the fire start? Who is to blame?
Why do Pam and Ned have such a hard time finding housing?
Why does Scott help Teddy and not Jerry in Evicted?
Why does Sherrena decide to evict Doreen's family?
Do you think families with children should receive any protection when seeking housing?
What is the toll of eviction on a person’s spirit?
Does government play a role?
What were the circumstances that led to Arleen becoming reliant on welfare in Evicted?
Why are poor families often compelled to accept substandard housing?
What are the tenants of the trailer park afraid of?
How is poverty discussed in Evicted by Matthew Desmond?
In the book Evicted by Matthew Desmond, what aspects of diversity do you see being addressed in your book?
Assistance programs in Milwaukee either require that tenants have dependent children or have experienced a sudden loss of income. How do these services assist people experiencing short-term crises but not those facing more serious long-term poverty?
Is Tobin in part 3 of Evicted at all?
Do you think Larraine will ever get her stuff out of storage?
How did the author get to know many of the people in the book?
Why does Sherrena attend the RING meeting?
How does a nuisance citation lead to eviction?
How did Matthew Desmond meet the individuals he interviewed in Evicted?
How does Tobin evict "nuisance tenants"?
Is Sherrena justified in evicting Doreen?
Describe the mean or rude things that the landlords do to the tenants in Evicted.
Why does Crystal enjoy church so much?
What does the counselor mean by “you’re as sick as your secrets”?
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