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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) The emission of toxic chemicals.
(b) Sewage in the school.
(c) Fires in the kitchen.
(d) Lead in the drinking water.

2. What does Kozol say the high math and reading test scores in America are based on?
(a) How well-prepared the students are.
(b) How badly other schools are doing.
(c) How much funding the schools receive.
(d) How smart the students are.

3. Why does one of the psychiatrists that Kozol speaks to believe many whites think more money will not help inner city schools?
(a) Because they believe that poor blacks should not be allowed in white schools.
(b) Because they believe that non-whites do not deserve a better education.
(c) Because they believe non-whites are actually born inferior.
(d) Because they believe that a good education should be reserved for the rich.

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

5. What term does Harper describe as "you crawl along the street and look for rocks. You look for rocks that other people spill. You crawl along your knees..."
(a) Cracking.
(b) Streaking.
(c) Craping.
(d) Geeking.

Short Answer Questions

1. The history of East St. Louis shows that African Americans were lured to the city for what reason?

2. How much money does President H.W. Bush's alma-mater spend per student?

3. According to Kozol, what does the city of New York supply each ghetto school with?

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

5. How many students attend PS261 daily?

(see the answer key)

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