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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. How did people in the Flats refer to their friends and neighbors?
(a) By their first names.
(b) By their surnames.
(c) Kindly.
(d) By a nicknames.

2. How many families was Stack introduced to in the beginning of her study?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

3. Who did residents of the Flats refer to by their surnames?
(a) Their social workers.
(b) Residents of the Flats.
(c) Their friends.
(d) People outside the community.

4. What does William Ryan say causes the deterioration of most black families?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Lack of resources.
(c) The nature of the American economy.
(d) Economic stress and discrimination.

5. According to Stack's findings, at what age do most blacks no longer have most of their original teeth?
(a) 34.
(b) 22.
(c) 55.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says that the culture of poverty is political in nature?

2. What does the relationship of a researcher and his subjects resemble?

3. In the Flats kin feel a lot of pressure to help each other. Why is this?

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

5. What causes the poor to create ways to cope with circumstances out of their control?

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