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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. Where did the Waters family live before moving to the Flats?

2. In what decade did Stack begin her study?

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

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

5. Why did those in the Flats need cooperative support?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Stack want to learn about the families that she studied?

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

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

5. How do those in the Flats cope with the lack of privacy?

6. What types of questions did Stack develop for her assistants to ask?

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

8. How did Stack define family in the Flats?

9. What is the Jackson families' economic situation like?

10. What is day-to-day life like in the Jackson household?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Parental roles in the Flats can extend to many people beyond the natural mother and father. Discuss how the parental roles are determined and who can hold these roles.

Essay Topic 2

Why did Stack feel that it was important to develop contacts in the community on her own and not go through middlemen?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the status of health care in the Flats when "All Our Kin" was written.

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