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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Child-Keeping.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Ruby trade corn bread and greens with so that she could get milk and diapers?
(a) Joann Allen.
(b) Carol Stack.
(c) Virginia Thomas.
(d) Magnolia Waters.

2. What was the name of the man who Billy considered to be her father?
(a) Jack.
(b) Jason.
(c) Calvin.
(d) John.

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

4. Who moved in with Amanda Johnson's family to help out when they were struggling?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her older cousin.
(d) Her father.

5. According to Stack who did those in the Flats expect to help a mother with her child?
(a) Her kin.
(b) The father's kin.
(c) Friends of the family.
(d) The father.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Stack, who were the disciplinarians in the lives of most children in the Flats?

2. How many years had the Jacksons been in the Flats when Stack met them?

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

4. Who said that without the help of kin a family may not be able to survive?

5. Who did Violet leave her two older children with when she moved?

(see the answer key)

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