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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 Jackson family's average income?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $4,500.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $3,500.

2. Who did Stack want to establish contact with?
(a) Poor families.
(b) Single women.
(c) Men in power.
(d) Single men.

3. What percent of blacks live in unfit housing according to the US Census?
(a) 34.
(b) 15.
(c) 13.
(d) 22.

4. Who said that without the help of kin a family may not be able to survive?
(a) Lombardi.
(b) Jones.
(c) Stack.
(d) Gustafson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Viola Jackson's job?

2. What causes a necessity for exchanging things and services in the Flats?

3. Where did Stack meet the girl that introduced her to the families in the Flats?

4. What was Julia's cousin's name?

5. Why did Ruby Banks feel an obligation to always swap with her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does swapping play such an important role in the Flats?

2. What is day-to-day life like in the Jackson household?

3. How is swapping among family members different than casual swapping among people who are not kin?

4. What types of questions did Stack develop for her assistants to ask?

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

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

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

8. Why is it argued that the economic model of the US is dependent on low-skilled and low-wage workers?

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

10. How did bias affect Stack's study?

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