Deck 54: Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage

Question 1

The authors talked to ______ low-income single mothers.

A) 12
B) 48
C) 118
D) 162

Answer 1

D

Question 2

A young man courting a high school student in the study is most likely to say ______

A) "I want to have a baby with you."
B) "I want to give you the moon."
C) "I want to marry you."
D) "I want to save you."

Answer 2

A

Question 3

According to the authors, the new war on poverty has become ______.

A) having children
B) going to prison
C) discouraging college education
D) promoting marriage among the poor

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Most of the mothers the authors spoke with reported that having children ______.

A) destroyed their dreams
B) saved them
C) improved their social status
D) was a mistake

Question 5

Which statement is true of many of the unmarried parents interviewed in the study?

A) They wanted a large family.
B) They viewed marriage as a source of economic stability.
C) They had a negative reaction to the idea of marriage.
D) They planned to eventually get married.

Question 6

According to Jen and her peers, which situation is considered the worst?

A) having a baby before marriage
B) getting a divorce
C) working at a desk job
D) marrying a child's father

Question 7

The young mothers in the reading reported feeling a sense of purpose and intimacy from their ______.

A) children
B) jobs
C) schools
D) boyfriends

Question 8

What happened to Jen at the end of the reading?

A) She quit her job.
B) She went back to school.
C) She married Colin's father.
D) She dropped out of high school.

Question 9

How many years occurred between the time the authors first interviewed Jen and the time of their last meeting with her?

A) one year
B) two years
C) three years
D) five years

Question 10

Which of the following reflects a similarity between elite women and the economically disadvantaged mothers in the study?

A) They both abandon the marriage norm.
B) They both plan for college.
C) They both value having children at a young age.
D) They both set a high financial bar for marriage.

Question 11

Identify the factors that spawned mistrust in the relationships described in the reading.

Question 12

Discuss the role of economic inequality in the choices made by Jen and her peers.

Question 13

Describe the lives of many of the girls in the study before they became pregnant. Did having children change the lives for many of these young mothers. If so, how?

Question 14

Discuss Jen's idea of the perfect time to become a mother.

Question 15

What happened to Rick by the end of the study?