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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ruby do with the rest of the AFDC money?
(a) Wash clothes.
(b) Buy food.
(c) Buy new clothes.
(d) Buy a couch.

2. How long did it take for Magnolia and Calvin Waters inheritance to be spent?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) One and a half months.
(c) Two months.
(d) Six months.

3. What is the word for trying to live within two cultures?
(a) Multicultural.
(b) Semicultural.
(c) Bicultural.
(d) Doubly cultural.

4. According to Stack, what was the common belief among mainstream society about black families?
(a) They were fatherless.
(b) They didn't want to succeed.
(c) They were lazy.
(d) They were unimportant.

5. How did Stack protect the identities of those she interviewed?
(a) She made them up.
(b) She left out important details.
(c) She moved them to a different city.
(d) She changed their names.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does AFDC stand for?

2. How many children did Yvonne Diamond have when she moved to the Flats?

3. How many children did Geraldine Penney have?

4. What is the necessary income for a family of four in Jackson Harbor?

5. According to Stack's survey, what percent of children lived with their fathers kin at some point in their lives?

(see the answer key)

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