2. Who did Ruby trade corn bread and greens with so that she could get milk and diapers?
(a) Carol Stack.
(b) Joann Allen.
(c) Magnolia Waters.
(d) Virginia Thomas.

3. What connects Jackson Harbor to Chicago?
(a) A major highway.
(b) A neighborhood.
(c) A gravel road.
(d) A major rail line.

4. What is a family with both a mother and father called?
(a) Patriarchy.
(b) Multifamily.
(c) Nuclear.
(d) Matriarchy.

5. What is the name of Stack's son?
(a) Alex.
(b) Kevin.
(c) John.
(d) Michael.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the US Census, what percent of black deaths in 1965 were caused by diseases of infancy?

2. What was the main goal of the black activist organization in the Flats?

3. Who wrote "Tomorrow's Tomorrow"?

4. Who wrote the book "Method and Measurement in Sociology"?

5. In what decade did Stack begin her study?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Stack conduct the interviews that she personally handled?

2. How do people in the Flats feel about sacrificing what they have for their kin?

3. How is swapping among family members different than casual swapping among people who are not kin?

4. How did most researchers find the subjects that they studied?

5. What is the communities' view of people who borrow things from others and don't lend things in return?

6. Why did Stack feel that it was important to find average citizens of the Flats to study?

7. What is health care like in the Flats?

8. Why is it argued that the economic model of the US is dependent on low-skilled and low-wage workers?

9. Why do people in the Flats say, "you have to have help from everybody and anybody"?

10. How did Stack use her assistants to gather data?

(see the answer keys)

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