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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How often did kin exchange items and services?
(a) Monthly.
(b) Weekly.
(c) Yearly.
(d) Daily, sometimes hourly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade did Stack begin her study?

2. Who wrote "Tomorrow's Tomorrow"?

3. How many other researchers had conducted studies in the Flats during the decade in which Stack conducted her study?

4. What are 63% of the black citizens in Jackson Harbor employed as?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Stack want to learn about the families that she studied?

2. In the Flats many people do not seek treatment from a doctor, why is this?

3. What is health care like in the Flats?

4. What was Stack's first year in the Flats like?

5. Why is temporary child exchange seen as a sign of trust?

6. How did Stack conduct the interviews that she personally handled?

7. How did Stack define family in the Flats?

8. Why did Stack feel that it was important to find average citizens of the Flats to study?

9. How did bias affect Stack's study?

10. How did most researchers find the subjects that they studied?

(see the answer keys)

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