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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Stack's car a hindrance to her?

2. How did Stack protect the identities of those she interviewed?

3. In what year did Stack begin her study?

4. How were those who claimed to be the black leaders of the Flats viewed in their community?

5. According to government statistics, what prevents people from escaping poverty?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why were two black men in the community murdered by white policeman?

3. How do people in the Flats involve others in their daily lives?

4. What types of questions did Stack develop for her assistants to ask?

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

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

7. What types of things do those in the Flats swap?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss social networks in the Flats. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book discuss whether or not Stack was able to be accepted within the community.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what Stack says are the differences between kin and family.

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