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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: The Flats.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the population of Jackson Harbor?
(a) 18,000.
(b) 11,000.
(c) 9,000.
(d) 15,000.

2. What is Leo Jackson's job?
(a) Hod carrier.
(b) Janitor.
(c) Truck driver.
(d) Construction worker.

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

4. Who did residents of the Flats refer to by their surnames?
(a) Their friends.
(b) Residents of the Flats.
(c) Their social workers.
(d) People outside the community.

5. How did people in the Flats refer to their friends and neighbors?
(a) By a nicknames.
(b) By their first names.
(c) By their surnames.
(d) Kindly.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In what part of the country is the Flats located?

4. What does the relationship of a researcher and his subjects resemble?

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

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