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

2. Who did researchers usually establish their first contacts with?
(a) Men.
(b) Leaders of the community.
(c) Families.
(d) Women.

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

4. What type of people did researchers establish contact with?
(a) Women in power.
(b) Mothers.
(c) Men in power.
(d) Leaders of the community.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Viola Jackson's job?

2. What does Stack call the inability to understand and research?

3. What type of jobs are typically available to those in the Flats?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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