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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many homeless people did Mitch Snyder tell a college class die every second?
(a) 45.
(b) 10.
(c) 25.
(d) 1.

2. Which ethnicity generally tests better than whites in the ECLS?
(a) Blacks.
(b) Hispanics.
(c) Arab-Americans.
(d) Asians.

3. What additional response does Venkatesh later state should be added to his questionnaire?
(a) Cracker.
(b) Fuck you.
(c) What does that mean?
(d) None of the above.

4. On average, what percentage of the student population is black in a school that an ECLS white child attends?
(a) 20%.
(b) 6%.
(c) 13%.
(d) 16%.

5. Which of the following is not one of the three types of incentives?
(a) Social.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Economic.
(d) Moral.

Short Answer Questions

1. A Head Start teacher earns half as much annually as what?

2. What percentage of his revenue does JT pay to the Board of Directors?

3. In 1987, why did many people stop claiming fake children on their tax returns?

4. In 1964, what was a hauntingly simple cause of infant death in the American black community?

5. According to the authors, what would be a more reasonable educational concern than the black-white achievement gap?

(see the answer key)

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