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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 much money did Magnolia inherit from her uncle?

2. Who raised Clover's daughter?

3. How did Lottie's mother feel when she found out her daughter was pregnant?

4. How old was Bernard Smith when he went to live with his father?

5. What happened to Yvonne soon after she moved to the Flats?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is motherhood viewed in the Flats?

3. According to residents of the Flats, what is the difference between a mama and a mother?

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

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

6. According to residents of the Flats, what is a grandparental right?

7. According to Stack, how are domestic networks formed and why do they changed?

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

9. According to Stack, what circumstances would cause a family to split up?

10. According to Stack, how does a temporary child care situation become a permanent transfer of parental rights to the person watching the child?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book discuss how mainstream culture prevents those in the Flats from getting ahead.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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