Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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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. What statistic does Kozol give for the number of births in East St. Louis to single mothers?
(a) One of five births are to single mothers.
(b) Two of five births are to single mothers.
(c) Four of five births are to single mothers.
(d) Three of five births are to single mothers.

2. What was Kozol's purpose for writing the book Savage Inequalities?
(a) To let the voices, judgments, and longings of children be heard.
(b) To show parents' views of the American school system.
(c) To compile facts and figures about American urban school systems.
(d) To let teachers discuss the low pay they receive for such a demanding job.

3. What was the poem that is memorized by the students in Kozol's class about?
(a) Broken dreams.
(b) Ghetto life.
(c) The public school system.
(d) Infant mortality.

4. How does the Post-Dispatch describe East St. Louis, Illinois?
(a) America's Cuba.
(b) America's Soweto.
(c) America's Somalia.
(d) America's Bosnia.

5. Where did Kozol hold his classes while teaching in the urban school in Boston?
(a) The auditorium.
(b) The school basement.
(c) The school cafeteria.
(d) An unfurnished classroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the two auto bridges that cross the Mississippi to connect East St. Louis and St. Louis?

2. According to Kozol, when are citizens given $400 in exchange for a release from liability?

3. How many banks did the Tribune say were located in North Lawndale?

4. According to Kozol, whose responsibility is it to supply all children with equally good schools?

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

(see the answer key)

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