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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. Which school did President George H.W. Bush attend?
(a) St. Johns Academy.
(b) Phillips Academy.
(c) Dearfield Academy.
(d) Dearborne Academy.

2. What does John Coons of the University of California, Berkeley say all children technically are?
(a) Obedient.
(b) Rich.
(c) Educated.
(d) Poor.

3. According to Delabian Rice Thurston, where do the rich in Washington, D.C. try to send their children?
(a) Boarding school.
(b) Private school.
(c) Public school.
(d) Catholic school.

4. How does the school administrator at Morris High School in the South Bronx encourage the supposedly slow children to express themselves?
(a) In theater.
(b) By writing short stories.
(c) Through interpretive dance.
(d) By writing poetry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do some of the students at Morris High School think it will be before blacks and whites work together to better public education?

2. How does the Post-Dispatch describe East St. Louis, Illinois?

3. What type of early child care program can the principal at PS79 not start at his school?

4. According to Harper, how does her teacher punish the children?

5. What does Thurston say black people did not understand regarding their children and the public education system in Washington, D.C. and those in the surrounding suburbs?

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