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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: Personal Kindreds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the 188 AFDC mothers surveyed by Stack were raising their own children?
(a) 70.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 50.

2. In what part of the country is the Flats located?
(a) The west.
(b) The north.
(c) The south.
(d) The midwest.

3. According to residents of the Flats, who typically raised a young girl's first child?
(a) She does.
(b) Her older sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her aunt.

4. Who wrote "The Souls of Black Folk"?
(a) John Goodnough.
(b) Carol Stack.
(c) W.E.B. DuBois.
(d) John. Allen.

5. Who was the second family that Stack met in the Flats?
(a) Leo and Viola Jackson.
(b) John and Sylvia Waters
(c) Magnolia and Calvin Waters.
(d) Ruby and Otis Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to government statistics, what prevents people from escaping poverty?

2. What didn't Ruby believe in?

3. How many years did Stack live in the Flats?

4. How do those being studied in a community usually view a researcher?

5. How long did it take for Magnolia and Calvin Waters inheritance to be spent?

(see the answer key)

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