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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 Thurston, why are poor people in Washington, D.C. willing to accept a dual system of public education?
(a) The poor do not realize there is a dual system of education.
(b) They want to keep the white and black middle class from fleeing the city.
(c) They are ignorant to the fleeing of the middle class from the city.
(d) Poor parents want to expand the educational opportunities of their children.

2. What does the principal at PS79 say he will have to do if more students enroll at his school?
(a) He will have to bus them to another school.
(b) He will have to expand his classes.
(c) He will have to find another building.
(d) He will have to hold some classes in temporary trailers.

3. How much money does Irl Soloman earn at East St. Louis High each year after teaching for nearly 30 years?
(a) $34,000.
(b) $32,000.
(c) $38,000.
(d) $36,000.

4. What is the name of the Villa Griffin child whose sister was murdered by a friend of the mother?
(a) Little Sister.
(b) Serena.
(c) Mickey.
(d) Smokey.

5. What does Kozol say lottery proceeds go towards?
(a) Welfare.
(b) State health system.
(c) Education.
(d) State revenue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason did the Post-Dispatch give for the evacuation of Martin Luther King Junior High School in the early spring of 1989?

2. How do the chemical plants get away with not paying taxes in East St. Louis?

3. What term does Harper describe as "you crawl along the street and look for rocks. You look for rocks that other people spill. You crawl along your knees..."

4. What does Sister Julia say that the nicest house in the Villa Griffin homes is used for?

5. According to Kozol, what is the estimated worth of the education a child receives in the suburbs of New York?

(see the answer key)

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