"Just over a year ago , my father plucked me up like a weed and took me and all our belongings...and drove three hundred miles straight north and stopped in front of a house in Euclid, Ohio."

Explain how the poverty level is determined. on edinuity* the possible answer may the poverty level is defined by the u. s. bureau of the census and it is determined by calculating the cost of providing an adequate diet. this number is then multiplied by three because research has indicated that poor people spend a third of their income on food.