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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of Stack's son?
(a) Alex.
(b) Michael.
(c) Kevin.
(d) John.

3. Who writes about "kindred being an ego-centered group"?
(a) Goodnough.
(b) Maxson.
(c) Stack.
(d) Lindell.

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

5. Who wrote "Tomorrow's Tomorrow"?
(a) Joyce Ladner.
(b) Carol Stack.
(c) Elliot Stickler.
(d) John Adams.

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

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

8. What type of people did researchers establish contact with?
(a) Women in power.
(b) Mothers.
(c) Men in power.
(d) Leaders of the community.

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

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

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

12. According to government statistics, what prevents people from escaping poverty?
(a) Lack of jobs.
(b) Mainstream society.
(c) Lack of education.
(d) The government

13. What is a family called when a mother is the head?
(a) Mother in charge.
(b) Patriarchy.
(c) Mother run family.
(d) Matriarchy.

14. According to Stack, what do most studies of black families compare themselves to?
(a) Their past culture.
(b) Mainstream society.
(c) White families.
(d) The status quo.

15. What did those in the Flats usually call trading?
(a) Swapping.
(b) Lending.
(c) Bartering.
(d) Borrowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years had the Jacksons been in the Flats when Stack met them?

2. What was the goal of the spokesmen in the Flats?

3. What did Ruby do with the rest of the AFDC money?

4. What type of jobs are typically available to those in the Flats?

5. How long did it take for Magnolia and Calvin Waters inheritance to be spent?

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