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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who was the second family that Stack met in the Flats?
(a) Ruby and Otis Jackson.
(b) Magnolia and Calvin Waters.
(c) Leo and Viola Jackson.
(d) John and Sylvia Waters
2. What was the goal of the spokesmen in the Flats?
(a) To help their community.
(b) To enlighten others to their plight.
(c) To get assistance from the government.
(d) To present a better image of themselves to the white community.
3. What did those in the Flats usually call trading?
(a) Lending.
(b) Bartering.
(c) Borrowing.
(d) Swapping.
4. What type of people did researchers establish contact with?
(a) Leaders of the community.
(b) Mothers.
(c) Men in power.
(d) Women in power.
5. How much money did the AFDC send Ruby to get a new couch?
(a) $40.
(b) $30.
(c) $20.
(d) $50.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is another term for welfare?
2. According to the US Census what percent of blacks live in deteriorating housing?
3. What type of jobs are typically available to those in the Flats?
4. In the Flats kin feel a lot of pressure to help each other. Why is this?
5. What connects Jackson Harbor to Chicago?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Stack's purpose in writing this book?
2. Why is temporary child exchange seen as a sign of trust?
3. How did Stack conduct the interviews that she personally handled?
4. What is health care like in the Flats?
5. How did most researchers find the subjects that they studied?
6. Why were two black men in the community murdered by white policeman?
7. How were nicknames developed in the Flats?
8. How do those in the Flats cope with the lack of privacy?
9. Why do people in the Flats say, "you have to have help from everybody and anybody"?
10. Why did Stack feel that it was important to find average citizens of the Flats to study?
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