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Borrowed Future Review

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What current private loan company was originally created by the government in the early 1970s but then cut ties with the government in 2004?

a)

Navient

b)

Sallie Mae

c)

CitiBank

d)

Mohela

2.

Mike Rowe stated that somehow, we've got into our heads that a college education is ______.

a)

mandatory

b)

not needed

c)

priceless

d)

essential

3.

More than 2 million students will go to college this year. Out of those students, how many will take out student loans?

a)

625,000

b)

1 million

c)

1.4 million

d)

45 million

4.

Congress has made PRIVATE student loans nearly impossible to discharge, or "wipe clean", even through ______.

a)

bankruptcy

b)

job loss

c)

death

d)

health issues

5.

Twelve years after borrowing, the average borrower has only paid off ___ of their student loans.

a)

26%

b)

34%

c)

52%

d)

68%

6.

Studies are showing that it takes the average person _____ years to pay back their student loan debt.

a)

10

b)

15

c)

20

d)

25

7.

Dave Ramsey stated that "most of the mistakes around college are simply college ______."

a)

major

b)

choice

c)

cost

d)

location

8.

Only ____ of college graduates have a salaried job within the first year of graduating college.

a)

10%

b)

20%

c)

30%

d)

40%

9.

What was David Wilson's "dream school" or the one he would have liked to attend?

a)

University of Wisconsin

b)

University of Nebraska

c)

University of Minnesota

d)

Geneva College

10.

Anthony Oneal stated that the problem with this generation is that "you take a _____ approach to an adult decision."

a)

child's

b)

student's

c)

teen's

d)

millennial's

11.

The borrower is slave to the (a)   .

12.

David Wilson stated that "as long as you have _____ in an area, you can probably figure out how to make money with it."

a)

expertise

b)

knowledge

c)

skill

d)

ability

13.

What this student loan issue is really about is (a)   and being able to decide what you're going to do next.

14.

What did David Wilson sell on his "off days", in addition to his regular job, to make the roughly $13,000 he needed to pay for his senior year of college and graduate debt-free?

a)

Shoes

b)

Cell phones

c)

Lawnmowers

d)

Cars