All Our Kin: Strategies for Survival in a Black Community Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Carol B. Stack
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All Our Kin: Strategies for Survival in a Black Community Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children do the Jacksons have?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

2. What parts of life in the Flats are completely intertwined?
(a) Social and economic.
(b) Family and social.
(c) Economic and personal.
(d) Personal and professional.

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

4. Who says that the culture of poverty is political in nature?
(a) Elliott Stickler.
(b) Hylan Lewis.
(c) Carol Stack.
(d) John Adams.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. In what decade did Stack begin her study?
(a) 1970s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1940s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did those in the Flats need cooperative support?

2. In what part of the country is the Flats located?

3. Who was the second family that Stack met in the Flats?

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

5. Who wrote "Tomorrow's Tomorrow"?

(see the answer keys)

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