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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 types of educational options had been proposed in Baltimore, Milwaukee, and Detroit?
(a) Charter schools with a focus on black culture.
(b) Separate schools/classes for black males.
(c) All-girl schools.
(d) Busing black students to schools in white neighborhoods.

2. Who authored the poem that one of the most embittered students in Kozol's class memorized?
(a) Langston Hughes.
(b) Robert Frost.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) Claude McKay.

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

4. How much money does Irl Soloman earn at East St. Louis High each year after teaching for nearly 30 years?
(a) $34,000.
(b) $36,000.
(c) $32,000.
(d) $38,000.

5. According to Kozol, when visiting urban public schools who refused to take him to the neighborhoods were the schools were located?
(a) School Administrators.
(b) Taxi Drivers.
(c) Public Transit.
(d) Parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the major industries in Sauget besides the chemical plants?

2. What religious order helps to operate a mission at the Villa Griffin homes?

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

4. According to Kozol, which buildings in East St. Louis are the nicest?

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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