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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. How does the US Census classify Jackson Harbor?
(a) Metropolis.
(b) Poor area.
(c) Urbanized area.
(d) Small community.

2. According to the US Census, what percent of white deaths in 1965 were caused by diseases of infancy?
(a) 4.6
(b) 1.3.
(c) 6.4.
(d) 8.5.

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

4. According to government statistics, what prevents people from escaping poverty?
(a) Lack of education.
(b) Mainstream society.
(c) Lack of jobs.
(d) The government

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who says that the culture of poverty is political in nature?

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

4. Who was the second family that Stack met in the Flats?

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

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