2. What causes the poor to create ways to cope with circumstances out of their control?
(a) The nature of the American economy.
(b) Welfare.
(c) Their lack of resources.
(d) The white community.

3. What type of jobs are typically available to those in the Flats?
(a) Low paying.
(b) Long term.
(c) Unskilled.
(d) Temporary.

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

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

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

7. How were those who claimed to be the black leaders of the Flats viewed in their community?
(a) As very important.
(b) Respected.
(c) Uppity.
(d) Expendable.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. How was the person that Ruby traded corn bread and greens with related to her?
(a) Aunt.
(b) Sister.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Mother.

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