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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Swapping.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What didn't Ruby believe in?
(a) Having friends.
(b) Begging.
(c) Sharing.
(d) Helping.

2. What was the main goal of the black activist organization in the Flats?
(a) To prevent biased research studies.
(b) To prevent discrimination.
(c) To protect the people of the community.
(d) To take care of the children.

3. Who wrote "The Souls of Black Folk"?
(a) Carol Stack.
(b) W.E.B. DuBois.
(c) John. Allen.
(d) John Goodnough.

4. How did Stack come in contact with the families she studied?
(a) She found them on her own.
(b) Through a young woman in the community.
(c) By befriending children.
(d) By holding a meet and greet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of Jackson Harbor's population is black?

2. How often did kin exchange items and services?

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

4. How many years did Stack live in the Flats?

5. According to government statistics, what prevents people from escaping poverty?

(see the answer key)

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