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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Stack begin her study?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1970.

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

3. Who did Stack want to establish contact with?
(a) Single women.
(b) Poor families.
(c) Men in power.
(d) Single men.

4. How do those being studied in a community usually view a researcher?
(a) As a teacher.
(b) As a friend.
(c) As an outsider.
(d) As family.

5. Why do people in the Flats want to expand their group of kin?
(a) To have more people who are obligated to help them.
(b) To get a hand up.
(c) To be more social.
(d) To gain friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the main goal of the black activist organization in the Flats?

2. According to Stack, what do most studies of black families compare themselves to?

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

4. Who did residents of the Flats refer to by their surnames?

5. What is a family with both a mother and father called?

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