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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. Who did Ruby trade corn bread and greens with so that she could get milk and diapers?
(a) Carol Stack.
(b) Magnolia Waters.
(c) Virginia Thomas.
(d) Joann Allen.

2. How many other researchers had conducted studies in the Flats during the decade in which Stack conducted her study?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

3. How were people who refused to swap viewed?
(a) Greedy.
(b) Mean.
(c) Selfish.
(d) Unfair.

4. What type of strategies was Stack studying in the Flats?
(a) Domestic.
(b) Social.
(c) Professional.
(d) Personal.

5. What percent of blacks live in unfit housing according to the US Census?
(a) 13.
(b) 22.
(c) 34.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Billy have?

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

3. How did Stack come in contact with the families she studied?

4. How does the US Census classify Jackson Harbor?

5. Who were welfare benefits designed to help?

(see the answer key)

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