Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, "The Equality of Innocence: Washington, D.C.,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the major industries in Sauget besides the chemical plants?
(a) Liquor stores and an outlet for the lottery.
(b) Prison and cigarette manufacturers.
(c) Topless joints and an outlet for the lottery.
(d) Funeral homes and car dealerships.

2. Which school did President George H.W. Bush attend?
(a) Dearborne Academy.
(b) Dearfield Academy.
(c) St. Johns Academy.
(d) Phillips Academy.

3. Who are the manual arts classes in the Riverdale school reserved for?
(a) The special education students.
(b) The honors students.
(c) Truant students.
(d) Students with an interest in the manual arts.

4. After speaking to the kindergarten class at PS79, Kozol learns that one of the African-American boys in the class travels how long each day to get to school?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 1 hour.

5. What type of people does Octovia, a child at the Anacostia elementary school, say that the girls want to be like when they grow up?
(a) Rock stars.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Lawyers.
(d) Secretaries.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the girls does the principal in Anacostia say will be pregnant by the fifth grade?

2. According to Thurston, why are poor people in Washington, D.C. willing to accept a dual system of public education?

3. Why does one of the psychiatrists that Kozol speaks to believe many whites think more money will not help inner city schools?

4. Which city does Kozol point out as having a non-white administration for two years where conditions did not improve?

5. According to Kozol, how many people are supposed to be in PS261 at one time?

(see the answer key)

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