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If you roll over a payday loan three times, you will be charged a new fee each time.

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True

False

True. You will be charged a new fee for each rollover.

If you have a short-term financial emergency, what is a low-cost way to obtain a loan?

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Payday loan

Emergency credit union loan

Credit card

Emergency credit union loan. Many credit unions and banks offer relatively low-interest short-term loans that can help tide you over a short-term financial emergency.

What do borrowers use payday loans for?

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Medical emergencies

Regular bills

As an alternative to other loans

All of the above

All of the above. People take out payday loans for many different reasons.

How soon after receiving your funds from a payday loan can you spend the money?

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One week

You must wait until the next morning

You must wait 24 hours for the application to clear

Right away

Right away. You may spend the money as soon as you want.

If you put up a guitar at a pawnshop in return for a loan, what usually happens if you can't pay the loan back?

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The pawnshop can keep the guitar.

Nothing

You get an extra week to pay off the loan.

None of the above

The pawnshop can keep the guitar. This is the general rule for how these loans work.

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