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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) $4,500.
(b) $3,500.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $5,000.

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

3. What is a family with both a mother and father called?
(a) Nuclear.
(b) Multifamily.
(c) Patriarchy.
(d) Matriarchy.

4. According to Stack, what do most studies of the poor black communities not acknowledge?
(a) Their ability to think outside the box.
(b) Their dependency on kin.
(c) Their ingenuity.
(d) Their resourcefulness.

5. What type of strategies was Stack studying in the Flats?
(a) Professional.
(b) Personal.
(c) Domestic.
(d) Social.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another term for welfare?

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

3. How did Stack come in contact with the families she studied?

4. How were people who refused to swap viewed?

5. How much of the AFDC money did Ruby give her mom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why do people in the Flats say, "you have to have help from everybody and anybody"?

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

7. Why were two black men in the community murdered by white policeman?

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

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

10. How did Stack define family in the Flats?

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