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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: The Black Urban Poor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes a necessity for exchanging things and services in the Flats?
(a) Kin.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Dependency.
(d) Relationships.

2. What are 63% of the black citizens in Jackson Harbor employed as?
(a) Maintenance workers.
(b) Service workers.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Caretakers.

3. What is the necessary income for a family of four in Jackson Harbor?
(a) $8,000.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $4,000.

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

5. What causes the poor to create ways to cope with circumstances out of their control?
(a) The white community.
(b) Welfare.
(c) The nature of the American economy.
(d) Their lack of resources.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stack call the inability to understand and research?

2. Who did Stack want to establish contact with?

3. According to Stack, what common belief do most studies of blacks reinforce?

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

5. What is a family called when a mother is the head?

(see the answer key)

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