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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the population of Jackson Harbor?
(a) 11,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 18,000.
(d) 9,000.

2. What is the name of the girl that Stack became very close to in the Flats?
(a) Magnolia.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Sara.
(d) Caroline.

3. What is the necessary income for a family of four in Jackson Harbor?
(a) $4,000.
(b) $8,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $5,000.

4. What kin did people in the Flats feel most obligated to?
(a) Children.
(b) Female.
(c) Male.
(d) Mothers.

5. How do those being studied in a community usually view a researcher?
(a) As a teacher.
(b) As a friend.
(c) As an outsider.
(d) As family.

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

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

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

9. What was the main goal of the black activist organization in the Flats?
(a) To prevent discrimination.
(b) To protect the people of the community.
(c) To prevent biased research studies.
(d) To take care of the children.

10. How were people who refused to swap viewed?
(a) Mean.
(b) Unfair.
(c) Selfish.
(d) Greedy.

11. How many families was Stack introduced to in the beginning of her study?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

12. What type of strategies was Stack studying in the Flats?
(a) Professional.
(b) Personal.
(c) Domestic.
(d) Social.

13. What percentage of Jackson Harbor's population is black?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 7.
(d) 18.

14. According to Stack, what do most studies of the poor black communities not acknowledge?
(a) Their dependency on kin.
(b) Their ability to think outside the box.
(c) Their resourcefulness.
(d) Their ingenuity.

15. According to Stack's findings, at what age do most blacks no longer have most of their original teeth?
(a) 22.
(b) 25.
(c) 55.
(d) 34.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Flats kin feel a lot of pressure to help each other. Why is this?

2. How does the US Census classify Jackson Harbor?

3. Who wrote "The Souls of Black Folk"?

4. Why did Stack change names and locations in the book?

5. What are 63% of the black citizens in Jackson Harbor employed as?

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