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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, "The Savage Inequalities of Public Education in New York,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education made?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1952.

2. According to Kozol, what statistic does New York find hard to track?
(a) The races and ethnicities of the students in the public school system.
(b) The actual number of teachers in the system.
(c) The actual dropout rate.
(d) The number of students enrolled in urban public schools.

3. When Kozol decides to see what's happening in America's schools, what shocked and outraged him most about the public school system?
(a) The overcrowding in classrooms.
(b) The lack of books in the classrooms.
(c) The lack of qualified teachers in the school system.
(d) The segregation that still existed in the school system.

4. According to Kozol, how many people are supposed to be in PS261 at one time?
(a) 1000.
(b) 800.
(c) 1100.
(d) 900.

5. How does the Post-Dispatch describe East St. Louis, Illinois?
(a) America's Cuba.
(b) America's Somalia.
(c) America's Bosnia.
(d) America's Soweto.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kozol, how are East St. Louis and Lawndale similar?

2. What is the race of the non-white children in the accelerated classes at the school in Riverdale?

3. What does Kozol say lottery proceeds go towards?

4. In what year was the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson rendered?

5. What does Sister Julia say that the nicest house in the Villa Griffin homes is used for?

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