View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did people in the Flats increase their social circle?
(a) Through swapping.
(b) Talking to new people.
(c) Making friends.
(d) Helping others.

2. Who writes about "kindred being an ego-centered group"?
(a) Maxson.
(b) Goodnough.
(c) Lindell.
(d) Stack.

3. What does the relationship of a researcher and his subjects resemble?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Teacher and student.
(c) Family.
(d) Oppressor and oppressed.

4. In what part of the country is the Flats located?
(a) The north.
(b) The south.
(c) The midwest.
(d) The west.

5. What was the name of Clover's husband?
(a) John.
(b) Gus.
(c) Earl.
(d) Calvin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stack call the inability to understand and research?

2. How many of the 188 AFDC mothers surveyed by Stack were raising their own children?

3. According to the Stack's survey, what percent of recognized "mamas" were a child's natural mother?

4. How often did kin exchange items and services?

5. What was the name of the man who Billy considered to be her father?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 159 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample