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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. According to Stack, what do most studies of the poor black communities not acknowledge?
(a) Their ability to think outside the box.
(b) Their resourcefulness.
(c) Their ingenuity.
(d) Their dependency on kin.

2. What parts of life in the Flats are completely intertwined?
(a) Personal and professional.
(b) Economic and personal.
(c) Family and social.
(d) Social and economic.

3. According to Stack's findings, at what age do most blacks no longer have most of their original teeth?
(a) 22.
(b) 55.
(c) 34.
(d) 25.

4. Why do people in the Flats want to expand their group of kin?
(a) To be more social.
(b) To have more people who are obligated to help them.
(c) To gain friends.
(d) To get a hand up.

5. How many families was Stack introduced to in the beginning of her study?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percent of blacks live in unfit housing according to the US Census?

2. What causes a necessity for exchanging things and services in the Flats?

3. According to Stack, what do most studies of black families compare themselves to?

4. What is another term for welfare?

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

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