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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 is the name of the Villa Griffin child whose sister was murdered by a friend of the mother?
(a) Mickey.
(b) Little Sister.
(c) Smokey.
(d) Serena.

2. In the chapter entitled "Life on the Mississippi," what office is described as the largest office in Illinois?
(a) The Unemployment Office.
(b) The Lottery Office.
(c) The Welfare Office.
(d) Health Services.

3. In what year was the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson rendered?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1897.

4. What does Kozol say lottery proceeds go towards?
(a) State revenue.
(b) Education.
(c) Welfare.
(d) State health system.

5. What court decision found that segregated institutions for black people could exist as long as they were equal to those open to white people?
(a) Briggs, et. al. v. Elliott et al.
(b) Brown v. Board of Education.
(c) Plessy v. Ferguson.
(d) Davis, et. al. v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, VA et al.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song does the group of children in the Villa Griffin homes say they sing after the flag pledge?

2. Whose voices does Kozol say were missing from summit conferences on education, severe reports, and ominous prescriptions?

3. How did Kozol choose the cities that he visited?

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

5. What was the poem that is memorized by the students in Kozol's class about?

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