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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. What is a symbol of trust in the Flats?

2. How many children do the Jacksons have?

3. Who said that without the help of kin a family may not be able to survive?

4. What did those in the Flats usually call trading?

5. What is the name of the girl that Stack became very close to in the Flats?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Stack use her assistants to gather data?

4. Why were two black men in the community murdered by white policeman?

5. In the Flats many people do not seek treatment from a doctor, why is this?

6. How did most researchers find the subjects that they studied?

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

8. What types of things do those in the Flats swap?

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

10. How do people in the Flats feel about sacrificing what they have for their kin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Stack's study was much different than other studies conducted in the Flats. Discuss why her research methods were so much different.

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

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

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