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

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

3. Where did Stack meet the girl that introduced her to the families in the Flats?
(a) At her university.
(b) While babysitting for a friend.
(c) While doing laundry.
(d) In the grocery store.

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

5. What was the goal of the spokesmen in the Flats?
(a) To help their community.
(b) To get assistance from the government.
(c) To present a better image of themselves to the white community.
(d) To enlighten others to their plight.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did people in the Flats refer to their friends and neighbors?

2. How does the US Census classify Jackson Harbor?

3. How many families was Stack introduced to in the beginning of her study?

4. How many other researchers had conducted studies in the Flats during the decade in which Stack conducted her study?

5. Who wrote the book "Method and Measurement in Sociology"?

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