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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 family with both a mother and father called?

2. According to Stack's findings, at what age do most blacks no longer have most of their original teeth?

3. How were people who refused to swap viewed?

4. What is the name of Stack's son?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did bias affect Stack's study?

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

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

7. What is health care like in the Flats?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the impact that joblessness plays in the lives of the black community in the Flats.

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

Domestic networks can be very complex. Discuss the complexities of the domestic networks. Use examples from the book.

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