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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did Ruby trade corn bread and greens with so that she could get milk and diapers?
(a) Carol Stack.
(b) Magnolia Waters.
(c) Virginia Thomas.
(d) Joann Allen.

3. What causes a necessity for exchanging things and services in the Flats?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Dependency.
(c) Kin.
(d) Relationships.

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

5. Who did Stack want to establish contact with?
(a) Poor families.
(b) Men in power.
(c) Single women.
(d) Single men.

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

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

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

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

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

11. Who did residents of the Flats refer to by their surnames?
(a) Their friends.
(b) Residents of the Flats.
(c) People outside the community.
(d) Their social workers.

12. Why did Stack change names and locations in the book?
(a) Because they asked her too.
(b) To keep them from getting kicked off welfare.
(c) To protect them from the mainstream.
(d) To protect identities.

13. Who did researchers usually establish their first contacts with?
(a) Women.
(b) Families.
(c) Leaders of the community.
(d) Men.

14. According to the US Census, what percent of white deaths in 1965 were caused by diseases of infancy?
(a) 1.3.
(b) 8.5.
(c) 4.6
(d) 6.4.

15. In what year did Stack begin her study?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1967.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did Stack live in the Flats?

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

3. What is the population of Jackson Harbor?

4. How many children do the Jacksons have?

5. How did Stack protect the identities of those she interviewed?

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