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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 old was Julia?

2. What is the Jackson family's average income?

3. In what part of the country is the Flats located?

4. What is the name of the girl that Stack became very close to in the Flats?

5. How many years did Stack live in the Flats?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was Stack's purpose in writing this book?

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

7. What is the Jackson families' economic situation like?

8. Why does swapping play such an important role in the Flats?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from "All Our Kin" discuss whether it is possible for those in the Flats to change their society from within.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book discuss how mainstream culture prevents those in the Flats from getting ahead.

Essay Topic 3

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

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