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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Women and Men.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Leo Jackson's job?
(a) Truck driver.
(b) Construction worker.
(c) Hod carrier.
(d) Janitor.

2. How was the person that Ruby traded corn bread and greens with related to her?
(a) Mother.
(b) Aunt.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Sister.

3. Who was the first family that Stack met in the Flats?
(a) John and Sylvia Waters.
(b) Ruby and Otis Jackson.
(c) Leo and Viola Jackson.
(d) Magnolia and Calvin Waters.

4. 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.

5. How often did kin exchange items and services?
(a) Monthly.
(b) Weekly.
(c) Daily, sometimes hourly.
(d) Yearly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who moved in with Amanda Johnson's family to help out when they were struggling?

2. How long did it take for Magnolia and Calvin Waters inheritance to be spent?

3. What does AFDC stand for?

4. Where did Michael Lee work?

5. According to government statistics, what prevents people from escaping poverty?

(see the answer key)

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