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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Julia's second child's father?
(a) Earl.
(b) John.
(c) Calvin.
(d) Elliot.

2. How old was Magnolia Waters when she met Calvin?
(a) 22.
(b) 25.
(c) 26.
(d) 28.

3. How old was Clover Greer when she had her first child?
(a) 19.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 17.

4. For about how many years did Magnolia's sister Lydia remove herself from the family?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 5.

5. How old was Lottie James when she got pregnant?
(a) 16.
(b) 15.
(c) 14.
(d) 17.

6. How much money did Magnolia's niece borrow to pay her phone bill?
(a) $30.
(b) $20.
(c) $25.
(d) $15.

7. How many of the 188 AFDC mothers surveyed by Stack were raising their own children?
(a) 50.
(b) 70.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

8. How many people were living in Lydia Watson's home when her sisters family moved in?
(a) 13.
(b) 15.
(c) 11.
(d) 8.

9. Who wrote that "the job fails the man, and the man fails the job"?
(a) Alex Reaves.
(b) Carol Stack.
(c) Elliot Liebow.
(d) John Goodwin.

10. How many sisters did Magnolia have?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

11. Who bought Amanda Johnson's clothes when she was a child?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother's boyfriend.
(d) Her grandmother.

12. Approximately how many winter coats did Magnolia buy for her children and grandchildren?
(a) 10.
(b) 11.
(c) 8.
(d) 15.

13. What was Ivy Rodgers boyfriends name?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Alex.
(c) Elliot.
(d) Calvin.

14. How old was Ruby Banks when she first met her father?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Eight.

15. Who took Loretta in when she turned five?
(a) Her aunt and uncle.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her paternal grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the man who Billy considered to be her father?

2. What female family member did Georgia and her children live with?

3. What was the name of the cousin that Julia Ambrose lived with?

4. According to Stack, how did people in the Flats acquire kin?

5. How many houses away did Ruby and her mother move when they left her grandparents?

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