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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Ruby when her first child was born?
(a) 19.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 15.

2. What was Ivy Rodgers boyfriends name?
(a) Alex.
(b) Elliot.
(c) Calvin.
(d) Jimmy.

3. How many children did Claudia Williams have?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

4. How long had Georgia lived with her female family member?
(a) Six months.
(b) Most of her life.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Her whole life.

5. How old was Magnolia Waters when she met Calvin?
(a) 22.
(b) 26.
(c) 25.
(d) 28.

6. Where did Ivy and her boyfriend move when they left the Flats?
(a) Des Moines, IA.
(b) Gary, Indiana.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Denver, CO.

7. Who moved in with Amanda Johnson's family to help out when they were struggling?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her older cousin.

8. Who raised Clover's daughter?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) She did.
(c) Her sister
(d) Her mother.

9. What days of the week did Amanda stay with her uncle?
(a) Friday and Saturday.
(b) Thursday and Sunday.
(c) Wednesday and Monday.
(d) Sunday and Tuesday.

10. What made it hard for fathers to spend time with their kids if the mother had a boyfriend?
(a) They are denied access to their children.
(b) Lack of time.
(c) Anger.
(d) Jealousy.

11. How did Lottie's mother feel when she found out her daughter was pregnant?
(a) Angry.
(b) Happy.
(c) Sad.
(d) Disappointed.

12. According to Stack, who were the disciplinarians in the lives of most children in the Flats?
(a) Mothers.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Fathers.

13. How many sisters did Magnolia have?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

14. According to Stack, who did anthropologists consider people kinsman of?
(a) Family.
(b) People they develop relationships with.
(c) Family friends.
(d) Their natural mother and father.

15. How much money did Magnolia's niece borrow to pay her phone bill?
(a) $20.
(b) $30.
(c) $25.
(d) $15.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Ruby Banks when she first met her father?

2. How many children did Ruby have?

3. Who wrote that "the job fails the man, and the man fails the job"?

4. How many of the 188 AFDC mothers surveyed by Stack were raising their own children?

5. What was the name of Julia's second child's father?

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