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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, "Life on the Mississippi: East St. Louis, Illinois,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What grade did Kozol teach while he was at the urban school in Boston?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Second.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Kindergarten.

2. What song does the group of children in the Villa Griffin homes say they sing after the flag pledge?
(a) Jingle Bells
(b) Mary Had a Little Lamb.
(c) Oh Happy Day.
(d) Star Spangled Banner.

3. According to sister Julia, why were classes never held at the newly constructed Jefferson School?
(a) The school did not pass the school board inspection.
(b) The school was not completed.
(c) There was too much sewage in the school.
(d) The construction was not done correctly.

4. Why did Sam Morgan, principal of East St. Louis High, not attend the school as a student?
(a) He lived to far way to attend the school.
(b) The school was not built when he was in high school.
(c) He did not grow up in East St. Louis.
(d) It was an all-white high school.

5. According to Kozol, East St. Louis has one of the highest rates of which disease in America?
(a) Type II diabetes.
(b) Child ssthma.
(c) High-blood pressure.
(d) Heart disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the press in Boston refer to troubled ghetto areas with a low infant mortality rate?

2. According to Kozol, when visiting urban public schools who refused to take him to the neighborhoods were the schools were located?

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

4. Who was two hours late when they came to speak at East St. Louis High?

5. In the chapter entitled "Life on the Mississippi," what office is described as the largest office in Illinois?

(see the answer key)

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