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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says that the culture of poverty is political in nature?
(a) Elliott Stickler.
(b) Hylan Lewis.
(c) John Adams.
(d) Carol Stack.

2. 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.

3. What did Ruby do with the rest of the AFDC money?
(a) Buy new clothes.
(b) Wash clothes.
(c) Buy a couch.
(d) Buy food.

4. How did Stack protect the identities of those she interviewed?
(a) She left out important details.
(b) She moved them to a different city.
(c) She made them up.
(d) She changed their names.

5. What is a symbol of trust in the Flats?
(a) Large kin groups.
(b) Getting to know new people.
(c) Helping others.
(d) Temporary child exchange.

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

7. How were those who claimed to be the black leaders of the Flats viewed in their community?
(a) Uppity.
(b) As very important.
(c) Respected.
(d) Expendable.

8. How many children do the Jacksons have?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

9. Where did Stack meet the girl that introduced her to the families in the Flats?
(a) While doing laundry.
(b) While babysitting for a friend.
(c) At her university.
(d) In the grocery store.

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

11. What type of jobs are typically available to those in the Flats?
(a) Low paying.
(b) Temporary.
(c) Long term.
(d) Unskilled.

12. 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.

13. How does the US Census classify Jackson Harbor?
(a) Poor area.
(b) Small community.
(c) Urbanized area.
(d) Metropolis.

14. In what part of the country is the Flats located?
(a) The north.
(b) The south.
(c) The west.
(d) The midwest.

15. Who were welfare benefits designed to help?
(a) Children.
(b) Families.
(c) Women and children.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do those being studied in a community usually view a researcher?

2. How often did kin exchange items and services?

3. Who wrote "The Souls of Black Folk"?

4. How was the person that Ruby traded corn bread and greens with related to her?

5. How many families was Stack introduced to in the beginning of her study?

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