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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 housing units are in the Villa Griffin homes?
(a) 101.
(b) 99.
(c) 98.
(d) 100.

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

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

4. How did Kozol choose the cities that he visited?
(a) There was no special logic in the cities he chose to visit.
(b) He visited cities with a high rate of infant mortality.
(c) He chose cities that had were ranked as the most dangerous.
(d) He visited cities where he had familiy.

5. According to Reverend Jim Wolff, who moved in to North Lawndale when businesses moved out?
(a) Churches.
(b) Gangs.
(c) Schools.
(d) Government offices.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kozol, East St. Louis has one of the highest rates of which disease in America?

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

3. Who does Kozol condemn for offering to help troubled non-white schools, but who actually intend for disadvantaged students to prepare themselves for low-quality, factory jobs?

4. According to Carla Hawkins, Chicago's public schools are in short supply of what type of resource?

5. What is the name of the Villa Griffin child whose sister was murdered by a friend of the mother?

(see the answer key)

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