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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. In what year did Kozol set off to visit schools and speak with children about education in urban areas?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1988.

2. In what month is black history celebrated in the public schools?
(a) May.
(b) January.
(c) October.
(d) February.

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

4. What year did Kozol begin teaching in Boston?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1964.

5. How many children did Baldwin have in his classroom while teaching in the school located in the Boston suburbs?
(a) 23.
(b) 20.
(c) 22.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kozol, what demographic lives predominantly to the east of East St. Louis?

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

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

4. What are the two sources of lead in East St. Louis named in the Life on the Mississippi chapter?

5. What statistic does Kozol give for the number of births in East St. Louis to single mothers?

(see the answer key)

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