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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. Where did Stack meet the girl that introduced her to the families in the Flats?
(a) In the grocery store.
(b) While babysitting for a friend.
(c) At her university.
(d) While doing laundry.

2. Why did Ruby Banks feel an obligation to always swap with her mother?
(a) Because her mother is elderly.
(b) Because she is family.
(c) Because her mother is needy.
(d) Because it is her duty.

3. What is the name of the girl that Stack became very close to in the Flats?
(a) Magnolia.
(b) Caroline.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Sara.

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

5. How many other researchers had conducted studies in the Flats during the decade in which Stack conducted her study?
(a) Five.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Stack's son?

2. How did people in the Flats increase their social circle?

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

4. In the Flats kin feel a lot of pressure to help each other. Why is this?

5. Who said that without the help of kin a family may not be able to survive?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did bias affect Stack's study?

2. What was Stack's housing situation like in the Flats?

3. How did Stack use her assistants to gather data?

4. What were the causes that the black community was fighting for?

5. What types of people did Stack focus her study on?

6. How do people in the Flats feel about sacrificing what they have for their kin?

7. What is the communities' view of people who borrow things from others and don't lend things in return?

8. What was Stack trying to learn about the exchange system in the Flats?

9. How were nicknames developed in the Flats?

10. How do those in the Flats cope with the lack of privacy?

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