Humanities Homework Help

I don’t understand this Sociology question and need help to study.

1. Does the paper find that non-resident father involvement differs by race?  If so, how?
2. In your personal experience, what external factors potentially explain the level of non-resident father involvement? How much of this is attributable to race?
3. Define what the authors mean as social capital.  How important do you feel father involvement is for transmission of social capital across generations?  Are your observations the same as these authors? 
4. How do the historic factors driving family diversity described in Chapter 3 relate to this article?