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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What affects a person's perception?
(a) Racism.
(b) Bias.
(c) Their intelligence.
(d) Their upbringing.
2. What is the name of Stack's son?
(a) Michael.
(b) John.
(c) Kevin.
(d) Alex.
3. How did people in the Flats refer to their friends and neighbors?
(a) By their first names.
(b) By a nicknames.
(c) Kindly.
(d) By their surnames.
4. How many children do the Jacksons have?
(a) 9.
(b) 10.
(c) 11.
(d) 12.
5. How did people in the Flats increase their social circle?
(a) Talking to new people.
(b) Helping others.
(c) Through swapping.
(d) Making friends.
6. What percent of blacks live in unfit housing according to the US Census?
(a) 22.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 34.
7. Why did Stack change names and locations in the book?
(a) Because they asked her too.
(b) To protect them from the mainstream.
(c) To protect identities.
(d) To keep them from getting kicked off welfare.
8. How many years did Stack live in the Flats?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.
9. Who writes about "kindred being an ego-centered group"?
(a) Stack.
(b) Maxson.
(c) Lindell.
(d) Goodnough.
10. How much money did the AFDC send Ruby to get a new couch?
(a) $50.
(b) $30.
(c) $40.
(d) $20.
11. Who did researchers usually establish their first contacts with?
(a) Men.
(b) Families.
(c) Leaders of the community.
(d) Women.
12. How many years had the Jacksons been in the Flats when Stack met them?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 17.
13. What kin did people in the Flats feel most obligated to?
(a) Mothers.
(b) Female.
(c) Male.
(d) Children.
14. How was the person that Ruby traded corn bread and greens with related to her?
(a) Cousin.
(b) Sister.
(c) Mother.
(d) Aunt.
15. According to the US Census, what percent of black deaths in 1965 were caused by diseases of infancy?
(a) 7.5.
(b) 9.1.
(c) 9.8.
(d) 8.2.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many families was Stack introduced to in the beginning of her study?
2. How many other researchers had conducted studies in the Flats during the decade in which Stack conducted her study?
3. Who wrote "The Souls of Black Folk"?
4. Who did Ruby trade corn bread and greens with so that she could get milk and diapers?
5. What didn't Ruby believe in?
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