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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: The Flats.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What affects a person's perception?
(a) Their upbringing.
(b) Bias.
(c) Their intelligence.
(d) Racism.

2. What does AFDC stand for?
(a) Area of Future Development Construction.
(b) All of Future Dependency Construction.
(c) Aid to Fund Dependecy Collections.
(d) Aid to Families with Dependent Children.

3. What type of people did researchers establish contact with?
(a) Women in power.
(b) Mothers.
(c) Leaders of the community.
(d) Men in power.

4. Why did Stack change names and locations in the book?
(a) Because they asked her too.
(b) To protect identities.
(c) To protect them from the mainstream.
(d) To keep them from getting kicked off welfare.

5. What is the population of Jackson Harbor?
(a) 18,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 11,000.
(d) 9,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Stack's findings, at what age do most blacks no longer have most of their original teeth?

2. According to the US Census, what percent of black deaths in 1965 were caused by diseases of infancy?

3. How does the US Census classify Jackson Harbor?

4. What was the goal of the spokesmen in the Flats?

5. How do those being studied in a community usually view a researcher?

(see the answer key)

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