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Final Exam ReadingNew California Soda-Tax Bill

Under Consideration

Questions for BetterUnderstanding

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Part One: The Basics

1. What is the title of the article?

2. What is the authors name?

3. What are the stated purposes of this taxas expressed in paragraphs 6 and 7?

4. In paragraphs 9 and 10, who is against

this tax, and what are their reasons?

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Part One: The Basics

5. What did the study in paragraph 11 find?Did this evidence change your mind aboutthe tax?

6. What percentage of Californians supportthis tax, according to the article?

7. According to the last paragraph, whathappened to a similar tax proposal in NewYork?

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Part Two: Thinking Critically

8. Do you think a tax like this should apply toother unhealthy foods? Or should they befocused mostly on soda? Or not be applied tofoods/drinks at all?

9. Should taxes be used to influence peoplesbehavior?

10. Should people make their own health

decisions even if those decisions areunhealthy? Or is it the governments place totry to influence peoples behavior throughtaxes and laws?

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Part Three: Supporting YourViewpoint

11. Would this proposed tax and taxes like itaffect your life? Would these taxes affect thelives of people you know? Explain.

12. Think of the people you know who drinksoda. Why do you think they drink it? Whatare some of the things that affect their

decisions?13. How does money/prices affect your choices

when deciding what foods/drinks to buy?

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What do you think you will beasked in your final exam prompt?

Come up with at least two possiblequestions you think you will be asked torespond to with a paragraph.