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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the US Census classify Jackson Harbor?

2. According to the US Census, what percent of white deaths in 1965 were caused by diseases of infancy?

3. How many years had the Jacksons been in the Flats when Stack met them?

4. What did Ruby do with the rest of the AFDC money?

5. How much money did the AFDC send Ruby to get a new couch?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is temporary child exchange seen as a sign of trust?

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

3. How did Stack define family in the Flats?

4. How did bias affect Stack's study?

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

6. What types of people did Stack focus her study on?

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

8. Why did Stack feel that it was important to find average citizens of the Flats to study?

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

10. How did Stack conduct the interviews that she personally handled?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the housing situation in the Flats. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

There is a common belief that the American society requires having a group of unemployed workers. Discuss why this is, using examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

What does Stack say is the conflict between having a black identity and trying to live the American dream?

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