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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, "Other People's Children: North Lawndale and the South Side of Chicago,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many non-white students does Kozol say attended most of the urban schools he visited?
(a) 95 to 99 percent.
(b) 95 to 97 percent.
(c) 97 to 100 percent.
(d) 90 to 99 percent.

2. Who was two hours late when they came to speak at East St. Louis High?
(a) Ron Brown.
(b) Jesse Jackson.
(c) Colin Powell.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

3. How many banks did the Tribune say were located in North Lawndale?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

4. How did Carla Hawkins, the teacher of a combination fifth and sixth grade class, acquire all the materials and resources for her class?
(a) She bought them herself.
(b) The principal bought them for her.
(c) Another teacher loaned them to her.
(d) The school board provided her with funding.

5. What does Sister Julia say that the nicest house in the Villa Griffin homes is used for?
(a) A government welfare office.
(b) A whorehouse.
(c) A motel.
(d) A foster home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What years did the events in the book Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools take place?

2. According to the 1980 census, what percentage of men and women 17 and older in North Lawndale had no jobs?

3. What reason did the Post-Dispatch give for the evacuation of Martin Luther King Junior High School in the early spring of 1989?

4. According to Kozol, what is a major problem at Lawndale Elementary School?

5. What court decision found that segregated institutions for black people could exist as long as they were equal to those open to white people?

(see the answer key)

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