1. The main focus of this passage is
    a) why food insecurity is a complicated problem with no easy solutions.b) how minimum wage earnings prevent people from eating healthy food.c) how food insecurity is a growing problem with serious consequences.d) why people with food insecurity are at greater risk of health problems.

2. Paragraph 1 mainly focuses on
      a) food insecurity in Nova Scotia.b) food insecurity and its link to nutritional deficits.c) a recent Canadian Journal of Public Health study.d) food insecurity and its link to income inequality.

3. Dr. Patricia Williams suggests that
     a) even full-time workers are at risk of food insecurity.b) unemployed people with depression are at the highest risk of food insecurity.c) mental health problems are a key contributing factor to food insecurityd) being employed full-time allows you meet all your basic needs.

4. In paragraph 3, the phrase "in the red" means 
     a) under-budget.b) in debt.c) in the bank.d) owed in taxes.

5. The main point of paragraph 4 is that
     a) food insecurity has serious health consequences for poor people.b) the problem of food insecurity is getting worse.c) food insecurity doesn't just hurt the poorest people in society.d) the health system is unable to deal with the problem of food insecurity.

Being from a fortunate middle class family, I am often 6 a) disheartenedb) astoundedc) unperturbedd) incredulous . when I see ads pertaining to the poverty-stricken children around the world suffering from malnourishment. So, this article has certainly left me in shock, after learning that the reality of such tragedies is 7 a) much more severeb) much more complicatedc) much closer to homed) much further afield than I initially figured. Naturally, being Canadian, I would want to shift my 8 a) understandingb) consciousnessc) supportd) opinion  to food banks in the province to sympathize with my fellow Canadians. On the other hand however, I am completely flabbergasted at the reality that such conditions could possibly exist in our so-called “first-world” nation. 9 a) And more than anythingb) Howeverc) In other wordsd) Nevertheless ,  I am appalled that the governments of such provinces could tolerate the incidence of such an essential and basic need of our citizens as nutritional food, and therefore, I advocate for making this our 10 a) urgent matter for discussionb) focus for future legislationc) priority grassroots actiond) immediate legislative mandate .

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