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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, "The Equality of Innocence: Washington, D.C.,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Kozol, why is eighth-grade graduation highly celebrated in North Lawndale?
(a) Because there is no high school prom in North Lawndale.
(b) Because many of the students will not graduate from high school.
(c) Because parents put as much emphasis on eighth grade as they do on the twelfth grade .
(d) Because most students drop out in the ninth grade.

2. According to Kozol, what demographic lives predominantly to the east of East St. Louis?
(a) Black.
(b) Hispanic.
(c) Chinese.
(d) White.

3. What does the Wall Street Journal say has remained static while per-pupil spending has increased?
(a) Student achievement.
(b) Student attendance.
(c) The dropout rate.
(d) Teacher retention rates.

4. What does Thurston say black people did not understand regarding their children and the public education system in Washington, D.C. and those in the surrounding suburbs?
(a) The amount of money needed to educate children in the school system.
(b) The length that whites would go to keep their children at a distance from black children.
(c) The changes that the school system would make if white parents complained about the system.
(d) The changes that were needed to make the school system equivalent to those in the D.C. suburbs.

5. What reason did the Post-Dispatch give for the evacuation of Martin Luther King Junior High School in the early spring of 1989?
(a) Sewage in the school.
(b) The emission of toxic chemicals.
(c) Lead in the drinking water.
(d) Fires in the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are test scores in math and reading in America graded against?

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

3. How low does Kozol report you can purchase a home for in North Camden?

4. According to Kozol, how are East St. Louis and Lawndale similar?

5. How does the school administrator at Morris High School in the South Bronx encourage the supposedly slow children to express themselves?

(see the answer key)

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