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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. What reason did the Post-Dispatch give for the evacuation of Martin Luther King Junior High School in the early spring of 1989?
(a) Lead in the drinking water.
(b) Sewage in the school.
(c) The emission of toxic chemicals.
(d) Fires in the kitchen.

2. What type of early child care program can the principal at PS79 not start at his school?
(a) Pre-kindergarten.
(b) Even State program.
(c) Morning kindergarten.
(d) Head Start program.

3. According to Kozol, students in what racial group are more often categorized with a speech disorder?
(a) Asian.
(b) White.
(c) Hispanic.
(d) Black.

4. How does the Post-Dispatch describe East St. Louis, Illinois?
(a) America's Somalia.
(b) America's Cuba.
(c) America's Soweto.
(d) America's Bosnia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following does Kozol not mention as a place where the men in East St. Louis go when they disappear from the community?

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

3. Who are the manual arts classes in the Riverdale school reserved for?

4. What is the racial makeup of 98 percent of the population in East St. Louis?

5. What does Kozol say lottery proceeds go towards?

(see the answer key)

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