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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the population of Jackson Harbor?
(a) 18,000.
(b) 11,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 9,000.

3. Why did Ruby Banks feel an obligation to always swap with her mother?
(a) Because she is family.
(b) Because her mother is needy.
(c) Because her mother is elderly.
(d) Because it is her duty.

4. Where did Michael Lee work?
(a) Sioux City.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Des Moines.
(d) Minneapolis.

5. What type of relationships were discouraged in the Flats in order to survive?
(a) Kin.
(b) Marriages.
(c) Relationships with the white community.
(d) Friendships.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are 63% of the black citizens in Jackson Harbor employed as?

2. What is the name of the girl that Stack became very close to in the Flats?

3. What is Viola Jackson's job?

4. What is the word for trying to live within two cultures?

5. Who writes about "kindred being an ego-centered group"?

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