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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: The Black Urban Poor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do people in the Flats want to expand their group of kin?
(a) To gain friends.
(b) To be more social.
(c) To have more people who are obligated to help them.
(d) To get a hand up.

2. What are 63% of the black citizens in Jackson Harbor employed as?
(a) Maintenance workers.
(b) Service workers.
(c) Caretakers.
(d) Teachers.

3. Who wrote "Tomorrow's Tomorrow"?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Joyce Ladner.
(c) Elliot Stickler.
(d) Carol Stack.

4. What parts of life in the Flats are completely intertwined?
(a) Economic and personal.
(b) Family and social.
(c) Social and economic.
(d) Personal and professional.

5. Where did the Waters family live before moving to the Flats?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) South Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Stack want to establish contact with?

2. How were those who claimed to be the black leaders of the Flats viewed in their community?

3. What percentage of the black population in Jackson Harbor is unemployed?

4. What affects a person's perception?

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

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