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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 causes the poor to create ways to cope with circumstances out of their control?
(a) Their lack of resources.
(b) The white community.
(c) Welfare.
(d) The nature of the American economy.

2. Who wrote the book "Method and Measurement in Sociology"?
(a) Stack.
(b) Jones.
(c) Allen.
(d) Cicourel.

3. Where did the Waters family live before moving to the Flats?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Georgia.
(d) South Carolina.

4. What is the title of William Ryan's book?
(a) The Role of Blacks as Victims.
(b) Blaming the Victim.
(c) Victims in Charge.
(d) The Blame Game.

5. What connects Jackson Harbor to Chicago?
(a) A major highway.
(b) A gravel road.
(c) A major rail line.
(d) A neighborhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Stack protect the identities of those she interviewed?

2. According to Stack, what do most studies of the poor black communities not acknowledge?

3. What does the relationship of a researcher and his subjects resemble?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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