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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, "Life on the Mississippi: East St. Louis, Illinois,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Kozol, whose real names are used in the book Savage Inequalities?
(a) Adult characters.
(b) Religious characters.
(c) Public officials.
(d) Child characters.

2. What are the two sources of lead in East St. Louis named in the Life on the Mississippi chapter?
(a) Manufacturing and drinking water.
(b) Drinking water and lead-based paint.
(c) Lead-based paint and lack of waste removal.
(d) Lead-based paint and manufacturing.

3. What year did Kozol begin teaching in Boston?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1964.

4. What Supreme Court decision found that segregated education was unconstitutional because it was "inherently unequal"?
(a) Brown v. Board of Education.
(b) Plessy v. Ferguson.
(c) Davis, et. al. v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, VA et al.
(d) Briggs, et. al. v. Elliott, et. al.

5. What is the racial makeup of 98 percent of the population in East St. Louis?
(a) Hispanic.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did Kozol spend visiting schools and speaking with children about their schools and neighborhoods?

2. How did the press in Boston refer to troubled ghetto areas with a low infant mortality rate?

3. What song does the group of children in the Villa Griffin homes say they sing after the flag pledge?

4. What are the major industries in Sauget besides the chemical plants?

5. Which two poets did Kozol expose the children in the urban district to?

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