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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 many housing units are in the Villa Griffin homes?
(a) 98.
(b) 101.
(c) 99.
(d) 100.

2. What is the race of the non-white children in the accelerated classes at the school in Riverdale?
(a) Asian.
(b) African.
(c) Black.
(d) Hispanic.

3. How do the chemical plants get away with not paying taxes in East St. Louis?
(a) They file taxes in another state.
(b) They find tax loopholes.
(c) They create small, self-governed, incorporated towns.
(d) They pay-off goverment officals.

4. How many of the girls does the principal in Anacostia say will be pregnant by the fifth grade?
(a) One third.
(b) One fourth.
(c) Three fourths.
(d) Two thirds.

5. At what age does the principal in Anacostia say many of the boys in her school will be dead?
(a) 28.
(b) 25.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Delabian Rice Thurston, where do the rich in Washington, D.C. try to send their children?

3. According to Kozol, when are citizens given $400 in exchange for a release from liability?

4. 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?

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?

(see the answer key)

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