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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Domestic Networks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to government statistics, what prevents people from escaping poverty?
(a) Mainstream society.
(b) Lack of education.
(c) The government
(d) Lack of jobs.

2. What happened to Yvonne soon after she moved to the Flats?
(a) She was evicted.
(b) She lost a child.
(c) She got married.
(d) She got pregnant.

3. How many years did Stack live in the Flats?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

4. According to Stack who did those in the Flats expect to help a mother with her child?
(a) The father's kin.
(b) Friends of the family.
(c) The father.
(d) Her kin.

5. Who did Terence Platt live with when he was a child?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His grandparents.
(c) His father and his girlfriend.
(d) His mother and her boyfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do people in the Flats want to expand their group of kin?

2. How long was Magnolia given by the AFDC to spend the inheritance she received from her uncle?

3. How old was Yvonne Diamond?

4. How old was Ruby Banks?

5. Who says that the culture of poverty is political in nature?

(see the answer key)

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