All Our Kin: Strategies for Survival in a Black Community Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Carol B. Stack
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All Our Kin: Strategies for Survival in a Black Community Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Carol B. Stack
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the main goal of the black activist organization in the Flats?
(a) To protect the people of the community.
(b) To prevent biased research studies.
(c) To take care of the children.
(d) To prevent discrimination.

2. What kin did people in the Flats feel most obligated to?
(a) Male.
(b) Female.
(c) Children.
(d) Mothers.

3. What was Julia's cousin's name?
(a) Maya.
(b) Magnolia.
(c) Mae.
(d) Sara.

4. How do those being studied in a community usually view a researcher?
(a) As a teacher.
(b) As a friend.
(c) As family.
(d) As an outsider.

5. What is a family with both a mother and father called?
(a) Matriarchy.
(b) Patriarchy.
(c) Nuclear.
(d) Multifamily.

6. Who were welfare benefits designed to help?
(a) Men.
(b) Women and children.
(c) Children.
(d) Families.

7. What causes a necessity for exchanging things and services in the Flats?
(a) Relationships.
(b) Dependency.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Kin.

8. What did Ruby do with the rest of the AFDC money?
(a) Wash clothes.
(b) Buy a couch.
(c) Buy food.
(d) Buy new clothes.

9. What is another term for welfare?
(a) DEV.
(b) ACDF.
(c) CPS.
(d) AFDC.

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

11. How often did kin exchange items and services?
(a) Daily, sometimes hourly.
(b) Monthly.
(c) Yearly.
(d) Weekly.

12. What is the necessary income for a family of four in Jackson Harbor?
(a) $8,000.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $4,000.

13. How old was Julia?
(a) 24.
(b) 27.
(c) 26.
(d) 25.

14. How many families was Stack introduced to in the beginning of her study?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

15. How many assistants did Stack have helping her with her study?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Viola Jackson's job?

2. How were people who refused to swap viewed?

3. What does the relationship of a researcher and his subjects resemble?

4. According to Stack, what do most studies of the poor black communities not acknowledge?

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

(see the answer keys)

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