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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, "The Savage Inequalities of Public Education in New York,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of schools does the Chicago public school system lack?
(a) Junior high schools.
(b) Early Head Start centers.
(c) Elementary Schools.
(d) High Schools.

2. Approximately how many neighborhoods did Kozol visit?
(a) 20.
(b) 25.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

3. Who said that Americans allow all of their children the things they need to compete at the highest levels of success?
(a) Martin Luther King.
(b) Langston Hughes.
(c) Lord Acton.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

4. 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?
(a) Prison.
(b) Living on the streets.
(c) College.
(d) The military.

5. According to Kozol, what does the city of New York supply each ghetto school with?
(a) Police escorts.
(b) Guns.
(c) Pepper spray.
(d) Handcuffs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What area lies to the east of East St. Louis?

2. Where did Kozol hold his classes while teaching in the urban school in Boston?

3. According to Carla Hawkins, Chicago's public schools are in short supply of what type of resource?

4. What does Kozol think will not solve inner-city problems?

5. Who authored the poem that one of the most embittered students in Kozol's class memorized?

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