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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. Why does Kozol think the most enthusiastic and skilled teachers will not be attracted to urban schools, like Mary McLeod Bethune Schools?
(a) Few resources.
(b) The low salaries.
(c) The lack of classroom autonomy.
(d) The out-of-date books.

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

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

4. According to Kozol, how are East St. Louis and Lawndale similar?
(a) The city government is the main employer.
(b) The urban schools have no books.
(c) There is no industry there.
(d) The students have to attend mandatory summer school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Irl Soloman say he would earn by teaching one of the schools in the suburbs of St. Louis?

2. Which one of the following does Kozol not mention as a place where the men in East St. Louis go when they disappear from the community?

3. How do the chemical plants get away with not paying taxes in East St. Louis?

4. According to Kozol, what demographic lives predominantly to the east of East St. Louis?

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

(see the answer key)

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