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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. How did people in the Flats increase their social circle?
(a) Through swapping.
(b) Making friends.
(c) Talking to new people.
(d) Helping others.

2. Who wrote "The Souls of Black Folk"?
(a) Carol Stack.
(b) John Goodnough.
(c) John. Allen.
(d) W.E.B. DuBois.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of Jackson Harbor's population is black?

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

3. Why do people in the Flats want to expand their group of kin?

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

5. Who wrote "Tomorrow's Tomorrow"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do people in the Flats involve others in their daily lives?

4. What was Stack's purpose in writing this book?

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

6. How were nicknames developed in the Flats?

7. How did Stack define family in the Flats?

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

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

10. What is health care like in the Flats?

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