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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. According to the Stack's survey, what percent of recognized "mamas" were a child's natural mother?
(a) 30.
(b) 80.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.

2. What female family member did Georgia and her children live with?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Aunt Wilma.
(d) Aunt Ethel.

3. How long did Julia's second child's father work at the factory before getting laid off?
(a) Six months.
(b) Five months.
(c) One year.
(d) Two months.

4. What days of the week did Amanda stay with her uncle?
(a) Sunday and Tuesday.
(b) Friday and Saturday.
(c) Wednesday and Monday.
(d) Thursday and Sunday.

5. Who was Loretta Smart raised by until she turned five?
(a) Great grandmother.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Great grandfather.
(d) Grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Stack's survey, what percent of children lived with their mothers kin at some point in their lives?

2. According to Stack, who did anthropologists consider people kinsman of?

3. What was the name of Julia's second child's father?

4. How much money did Ivy's boyfriend put down on her ring when they got engaged?

5. How old was Ruby when her first child was born?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Stack, how do those in the Flats view marriage?

2. According to residents of the Flats, what is the difference between a mama and a mother?

3. What happened when the AFDC learned of Magnolia's inheritance from her uncle?

4. According to Stack, How do relationships with kin complicate relationships with boyfriends or girlfriends?

5. What happened when the home that Sam Summer was living in had a leaky gas line?

6. What is Otis's relationship with his children like?

7. According to Stack, who can be considered members of a child's network of kin?

8. What occurrences in the Flats force people to move almost constantly?

9. What part does child keeping play in the ever changing living situations of the families in the Flats?

10. What is the difference between essential kin and relatives?

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