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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 the person that Ruby traded corn bread and greens with related to her?

2. What is Leo Jackson's job?

3. What is the necessary income for a family of four in Jackson Harbor?

4. Who did Stack want to establish contact with?

5. According to the US Census what percent of blacks live in deteriorating housing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did Stack define family in the Flats?

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

8. What was Stack's first year in the Flats like?

9. How were nicknames developed in the Flats?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Parental roles in the Flats can extend to many people beyond the natural mother and father. Discuss how the parental roles are determined and who can hold these roles.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What does Stack say is the conflict between having a black identity and trying to live the American dream?

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