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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. How much money does President H.W. Bush's alma-mater spend per student?
(a) $13,000.
(b) $11,000.
(c) $14,000.
(d) $12,000.

2. Who was two hours late when they came to speak at East St. Louis High?
(a) Colin Powell.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Ron Brown.
(d) Jesse Jackson.

3. According to Kozol, East St. Louis has one of the highest rates of which disease in America?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) Child ssthma.
(c) Type II diabetes.
(d) High-blood pressure.

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

5. What type of people does Octovia, a child at the Anacostia elementary school, say that the girls want to be like when they grow up?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Secretaries.
(d) Rock stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one way Jonathan Kozol says can show people how valuable we think they are?

2. Why did Sam Morgan, principal of East St. Louis High, not attend the school as a student?

3. Who said that Americans allow all of their children the things they need to compete at the highest levels of success?

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

5. According to Kozol, students in what racial group are more often categorized as retarded?

(see the answer key)

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