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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 many houses away did Ruby and her mother move when they left her grandparents?

2. What made it hard for fathers to spend time with their kids if the mother had a boyfriend?

3. What female family member did Georgia and her children live with?

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

5. How many of the 188 AFDC mothers surveyed by Stack were raising their own children?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Stack, How do relationships with kin complicate relationships with boyfriends or girlfriends?

2. According to Stack, who can be considered members of a child's network of kin?

3. What is the life of Magnolia's sister Lydia like?

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

5. What is the difference between essential kin and relatives?

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

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

8. What happened when the home that Sam Summer was living in had a leaky gas line?

9. What is Otis's relationship with his children like?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss whether or not the black community in the Flats was able to successfully live apart from the white community. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from "All Our Kin" discuss whether it is possible for those in the Flats to change their society from within.

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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