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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. Who raised Clover's daughter?
(a) She did.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her sister

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

3. What was the name of Julia's second child's father?
(a) Elliot.
(b) John.
(c) Earl.
(d) Calvin.

4. Who wrote that "the job fails the man, and the man fails the job"?
(a) Alex Reaves.
(b) Carol Stack.
(c) Elliot Liebow.
(d) John Goodwin.

5. Where did Ivy and her boyfriend move when they left the Flats?
(a) Denver, CO.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Des Moines, IA.
(d) Gary, Indiana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who bought Amanda Johnson's clothes when she was a child?

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

3. How many children did Ruby have?

4. How old was Ruby Banks when she first met her father?

5. According to residents of the Flats, who typically raised a young girl's first child?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the response in the black community to the difficulties that mothers in poverty have?

3. What happened in Julia and Elliot's life when Elliot lost his job?

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

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

6. According to Chapter 6, what determines which household a person is a part of?

7. According to Stack, what circumstances would cause a family to split up?

8. According to Stack, how does joblessness impact relationships between men and women?

9. According to residents of the Flats, what is a grandparental right?

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

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