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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Foreword and Prologue, "Looking Backward: 1964 to 1991,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Kozol set off to visit schools and speak with children about education in urban areas?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1990.

2. How many years did Kozol spend visiting schools and speaking with children about their schools and neighborhoods?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. How did the press in Boston refer to troubled ghetto areas with a low infant mortality rate?
(a) Death Camps.
(b) Ghetto Zones.
(c) Killer Zones.
(d) Death Zones.

4. Why does Kozol introduce his class to poetry?
(a) Because he did not have any lesson plans.
(b) Because he did not have any textbooks in his classroom.
(c) To reawaken the children's interest in school.
(d) To familiarize students with a different form of literature.

5. How many children did Baldwin have in his classroom while teaching in the urban school in Boston?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 25.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Kozol decides to see what's happening in America's schools, what shocked and outraged him most about the public school system?

2. What types of educational options had been proposed in Baltimore, Milwaukee, and Detroit?

3. What influential African American does Kozol note was often cited when black parents or black school officials discussed educating students in the urban public school system?

4. How many children did Baldwin have in his classroom while teaching in the school located in the Boston suburbs?

5. What was Kozol's purpose for writing the book Savage Inequalities?

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