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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 Irl Soloman say he would earn by teaching one of the schools in the suburbs of St. Louis?
(a) $47,000.
(b) $49,000.
(c) $50,000.
(d) $48,000.

2. What does the principal of Tunisia's school say she sees children doing in order to have something to eat at home?
(a) Staying after school to receive free dinner.
(b) Pocketing chicken nuggets.
(c) Asking for extra food at lunch.
(d) Stealing from other students lunches.

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

4. 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) Lawyers.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Secretaries.
(d) Rock stars.

5. What is one way Jonathan Kozol says can show people how valuable we think they are?
(a) By the amount of welfare they receive.
(b) By the textbooks that are in the classrooms at the school.
(c) By the medical care we offer them.
(d) By the number of social workers assigned to a school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the press hail as the answer to solving local school problems?

2. What is the name of the Villa Griffin child whose sister was murdered by a friend of the mother?

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

4. What public service does Kozol mention that East St. Louis lacks?

5. What reason do students give Kozol for dropping out of school in New York?

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