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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. Who was Loretta Smart raised by until she turned five?

2. How old was Clover Greer when she had her first child?

3. According to the Stack's survey, what percent of recognized "mamas" were a child's natural mother?

4. How many houses away did Ruby and her mother move when they left her grandparents?

5. What made it hard for fathers to spend time with their kids if the mother had a boyfriend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between essential kin and relatives?

2. What is child keeping?

3. According to Stack, How do relationships with kin complicate relationships with boyfriends or girlfriends?

4. According to Stack, how does a temporary child care situation become a permanent transfer of parental rights to the person watching the child?

5. According to Stack, who can be considered members of a child's network of kin?

6. According to residents of the Flats, what is a grandparental right?

7. According to Chapter 6, what determines which household a person is a part of?

8. According to Stack, how are domestic networks formed and why do they changed?

9. According to Stack, how do women in the Flats typically view men?

10. What happened when the AFDC learned of Magnolia's inheritance from her uncle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss what Stack says about the stereotypes that were placed on blacks. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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