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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 many children did Billy have?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

2. How old was Magnolia Waters when she met Calvin?
(a) 25.
(b) 26.
(c) 28.
(d) 22.

3. According to Stack who did those in the Flats expect to help a mother with her child?
(a) The father's kin.
(b) Her kin.
(c) The father.
(d) Friends of the family.

4. How old was Ruby when her first child was born?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

5. How old was Ruby Banks?
(a) 28.
(b) 21.
(c) 22.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ivy and her boyfriend move when they left the Flats?

2. According to the Stack's survey, what percent of recognized "mamas" were a child's natural mother?

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

4. How old was Loretta when she went to live with her mother?

5. What were the house numbers on Cricket St. where most of Michael's kin lived?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to Stack, what role do fathers typically play in their child's life?

3. According to Stack, how do women in the Flats typically view men?

4. What is child keeping?

5. How is motherhood viewed in the Flats?

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

7. According to Stack, how are domestic networks formed and why do they changed?

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

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

10. According to Stack, how does a temporary child care situation become a permanent transfer of parental rights to the person watching the child?

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