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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 did Kozol choose the cities that he visited?
(a) He visited cities where he had familiy.
(b) He visited cities with a high rate of infant mortality.
(c) There was no special logic in the cities he chose to visit.
(d) He chose cities that had were ranked as the most dangerous.

2. Who does Kozol say is the biggest employer in East St. Louis?
(a) Pfizer Chemical Co.
(b) Public education.
(c) Prostitution.
(d) Drug trade.

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

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

5. Approximately how many neighborhoods did Kozol visit?
(a) 30.
(b) 15.
(c) 25.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How much money does Irl Soloman say he would earn by teaching one of the schools in the suburbs of St. Louis?

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