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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Women and Men.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the US Census, what percent of black deaths in 1965 were caused by diseases of infancy?
(a) 8.2.
(b) 9.8.
(c) 9.1.
(d) 7.5.

2. According to residents of the Flats, who typically raised a young girl's first child?
(a) She does.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her older sister.
(d) Her mother.

3. Who wrote that "the job fails the man, and the man fails the job"?
(a) Carol Stack.
(b) Alex Reaves.
(c) John Goodwin.
(d) Elliot Liebow.

4. For about how many years did Magnolia's sister Lydia remove herself from the family?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

5. According to the US Census what percent of blacks live in deteriorating housing?
(a) 26.
(b) 29.
(c) 18.
(d) 23.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the second family that Stack met in the Flats?

3. Where did Michael Lee work?

4. Why did those in the Flats need cooperative support?

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

(see the answer key)

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