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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were welfare benefits designed to help?
(a) Men.
(b) Children.
(c) Families.
(d) Women and children.

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

3. What did those in the Flats usually call trading?
(a) Bartering.
(b) Lending.
(c) Borrowing.
(d) Swapping.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many families was Stack introduced to in the beginning of her study?

2. Why did Ruby Banks feel an obligation to always swap with her mother?

3. What is Leo Jackson's job?

4. What parts of life in the Flats are completely intertwined?

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

(see the answer key)

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