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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, "Children of the City Invincible: Camden, New Jersey,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Kozol say is spent on each child attending a rich, white, public school around Chicago?
(a) $6,000.
(b) $7,000.
(c) $8,000.
(d) $9,000.

2. According to Kozol, students in what racial group are more often categorized with a speech disorder?
(a) Asian.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Hispanic.

3. 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 where he had familiy.
(c) He chose cities that had were ranked as the most dangerous.
(d) He visited cities with a high rate of infant mortality.

4. What area lies to the east of East St. Louis?
(a) Illinois bluffs.
(b) Illinois wasteland.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Chicago.

5. What type of industry was Camden famous for at one point?
(a) Manufacturing.
(b) Farming.
(c) Chemical plants.
(d) Pharmacuticals.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kozol, what is the estimated worth of the education a child receives in the inner city of New York?

2. How many housing units are in the Villa Griffin homes?

3. Who authored the poem that one of the most embittered students in Kozol's class memorized?

4. At Mary McLeod Bethune School, what does the gospel teacher accuse the children of doing if they fail to sing properly?

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

(see the answer key)

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