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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. How do the chemical plants get away with not paying taxes in East St. Louis?
(a) They find tax loopholes.
(b) They file taxes in another state.
(c) They create small, self-governed, incorporated towns.
(d) They pay-off goverment officals.

2. How many children did Baldwin have in his classroom while teaching in the urban school in Boston?
(a) 30.
(b) 20.
(c) 25.
(d) 35.

3. What are the names of the two auto bridges that cross the Mississippi to connect East St. Louis and St. Louis?
(a) Poplar Street Bridge and Martin Luther King Bridge.
(b) Malcolm X Bridge and Martin Luther King Bridge.
(c) St. Louis Gateway Bridge and Malcolm X Bridge.
(d) Poplar Street Bridge and Mississippi River Bridge.

4. How many years did Kozol spend visiting schools and speaking with children about their schools and neighborhoods?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. In what year was the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education made?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1950.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade did Kozol teach while he was at the urban school in Boston?

2. What is the name of the Villa Griffin child whose sister was murdered by a friend of the mother?

3. What court decision found that segregated institutions for black people could exist as long as they were equal to those open to white people?

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?

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

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