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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) Small community.
(b) Poor area.
(c) Metropolis.
(d) Urbanized area.

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

3. What does William Ryan say causes the deterioration of most black families?
(a) The nature of the American economy.
(b) Economic stress and discrimination.
(c) Lack of resources.
(d) Poverty.

4. How was Stack's car a hindrance to her?
(a) It caused the families to become dependent on her.
(b) It broke down constantly.
(c) It was unreliable.
(d) It was dangerous.

5. How many assistants did Stack have helping her with her study?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What affects a person's perception?

2. What is a family called when a mother is the head?

3. In what decade did Stack begin her study?

4. According to Stack, what common belief do most studies of blacks reinforce?

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

(see the answer key)

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