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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Swapping.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of jobs are typically available to those in the Flats?
(a) Long term.
(b) Temporary.
(c) Unskilled.
(d) Low paying.

2. Where did the Waters family live before moving to the Flats?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Georgia.
(d) South Carolina.

3. According to Stack, what do most studies of black families compare themselves to?
(a) The status quo.
(b) Their past culture.
(c) Mainstream society.
(d) White families.

4. According to the US Census, what percent of black deaths in 1965 were caused by diseases of infancy?
(a) 8.2.
(b) 7.5.
(c) 9.8.
(d) 9.1.

5. Who did residents of the Flats refer to by their surnames?
(a) Their friends.
(b) Residents of the Flats.
(c) People outside the community.
(d) Their social workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does AFDC stand for?

2. How many years had the Jacksons been in the Flats when Stack met them?

3. Who was the first family that Stack met in the Flats?

4. What didn't Ruby believe in?

5. What percentage of Jackson Harbor's population is black?

(see the answer key)

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