Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children did Baldwin have in his classroom while teaching in the school located in the Boston suburbs?
(a) 22.
(b) 21.
(c) 20.
(d) 23.

2. What court decision found that segregated institutions for black people could exist as long as they were equal to those open to white people?
(a) Briggs, et. al. v. Elliott et al.
(b) Davis, et. al. v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, VA et al.
(c) Brown v. Board of Education.
(d) Plessy v. Ferguson.

3. What grade did Kozol teach while he was at the urban school in Boston?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Second.
(d) Kindergarten.

4. What influential African American does Kozol note was often cited when black parents or black school officials discussed educating students in the urban public school system?
(a) Booker T. Washington.
(b) Mary McLeod Bethune.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) W.E.B. DuBois.

5. Why did Sam Morgan, principal of East St. Louis High, not attend the school as a student?
(a) He lived to far way to attend the school.
(b) The school was not built when he was in high school.
(c) He did not grow up in East St. Louis.
(d) It was an all-white high school.

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

7. 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?
(a) Living on the streets.
(b) Prison.
(c) The military.
(d) College.

8. What happened to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home in Lawndale after he moved?
(a) It was bulldozed.
(b) It was declared a historical site.
(c) It was renovated by the new owner.
(d) It was sold to the city government.

9. In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. live in North Lawndale?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1962.

10. In what month is black history celebrated in the public schools?
(a) May.
(b) October.
(c) February.
(d) January.

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

12. 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?
(a) City officials.
(b) The federal government.
(c) Suburan school principals.
(d) Business leaders.

13. How did Carla Hawkins, the teacher of a combination fifth and sixth grade class, acquire all the materials and resources for her class?
(a) She bought them herself.
(b) Another teacher loaned them to her.
(c) The school board provided her with funding.
(d) The principal bought them for her.

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

15. Whose voices does Kozol say were missing from summit conferences on education, severe reports, and ominous prescriptions?
(a) The teachers' voices.
(b) The children's voices.
(c) The parents' voices.
(d) The communities' voices.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Irl Soloman earn at East St. Louis High each year after teaching for nearly 30 years?

2. According to sister Julia, why were classes never held at the newly constructed Jefferson School?

3. In what year was the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson rendered?

4. What major difference did Warren Franczyk, principal at Mary McLeod Bethune School, say existed between Mary McLeod Bethune School in North Lawndale and the magnet schools that the city runs?

5. According to Kozol, when visiting urban public schools who refused to take him to the neighborhoods were the schools were located?

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