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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many assistants did Stack have helping her with her study?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

2. How did Stack come in contact with the families she studied?
(a) Through a young woman in the community.
(b) By befriending children.
(c) By holding a meet and greet.
(d) She found them on her own.

3. Who wrote "The Souls of Black Folk"?
(a) Carol Stack.
(b) John. Allen.
(c) W.E.B. DuBois.
(d) John Goodnough.

4. How many years did Stack live in the Flats?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

5. Who was the first family that Stack met in the Flats?
(a) Ruby and Otis Jackson.
(b) Magnolia and Calvin Waters.
(c) Leo and Viola Jackson.
(d) John and Sylvia Waters.

6. How much money did the AFDC send Ruby to get a new couch?
(a) $20.
(b) $50.
(c) $30.
(d) $40.

7. What is another term for welfare?
(a) ACDF.
(b) DEV.
(c) AFDC.
(d) CPS.

8. When did Stack's book on the migration of blacks to the north get published?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1965.

9. Why do people in the Flats want to expand their group of kin?
(a) To have more people who are obligated to help them.
(b) To be more social.
(c) To get a hand up.
(d) To gain friends.

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

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

12. How does the US Census classify Jackson Harbor?
(a) Urbanized area.
(b) Metropolis.
(c) Small community.
(d) Poor area.

13. How did people in the Flats refer to their friends and neighbors?
(a) By a nicknames.
(b) Kindly.
(c) By their first names.
(d) By their surnames.

14. How old was Julia?
(a) 25.
(b) 27.
(c) 24.
(d) 26.

15. In the Flats kin feel a lot of pressure to help each other. Why is this?
(a) Because of the kins neediness.
(b) It is necessary to survive.
(c) They are viewed as greedy if they don't.
(d) Because of their relationship.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the US Census, what percent of white deaths in 1965 were caused by diseases of infancy?

2. Who did residents of the Flats refer to by their surnames?

3. What was the main goal of the black activist organization in the Flats?

4. What percentage of the black population in Jackson Harbor is unemployed?

5. What is the name of the girl that Stack became very close to in the Flats?

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