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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 is another term for welfare?
(a) AFDC.
(b) ACDF.
(c) DEV.
(d) CPS.

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

3. How do those being studied in a community usually view a researcher?
(a) As an outsider.
(b) As a teacher.
(c) As family.
(d) As a friend.

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

5. What is a family called when a mother is the head?
(a) Patriarchy.
(b) Mother in charge.
(c) Mother run family.
(d) Matriarchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most common thing those in the black community experienced when interacting with a white person?

2. Where did Stack meet the girl that introduced her to the families in the Flats?

3. What does William Ryan say causes the deterioration of most black families?

4. What does AFDC stand for?

5. According to Stack, what do most studies of the poor black communities not acknowledge?

(see the answer key)

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