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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the girl that Stack became very close to in the Flats?
(a) Magnolia.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Sara.

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

3. Who wrote "The Souls of Black Folk"?
(a) John. Allen.
(b) Carol Stack.
(c) W.E.B. DuBois.
(d) John Goodnough.

4. What is a family called when a mother is the head?
(a) Patriarchy.
(b) Mother in charge.
(c) Matriarchy.
(d) Mother run family.

5. How was the person that Ruby traded corn bread and greens with related to her?
(a) Cousin.
(b) Sister.
(c) Aunt.
(d) Mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the relationship of a researcher and his subjects resemble?

2. Who was the second family that Stack met in the Flats?

3. Who said that without the help of kin a family may not be able to survive?

4. What type of people did researchers establish contact with?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did bias affect Stack's study?

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

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

4. What was Stack trying to learn about the exchange system in the Flats?

5. Why is temporary child exchange seen as a sign of trust?

6. What were the causes that the black community was fighting for?

7. What did Stack want to learn about the families that she studied?

8. How do those in the Flats cope with the lack of privacy?

9. What is day-to-day life like in the Jackson household?

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

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