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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. Where did Kozol hold his classes while teaching in the urban school in Boston?
(a) An unfurnished classroom.
(b) The school basement.
(c) The auditorium.
(d) The school cafeteria.

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

3. What reason did the Post-Dispatch give for the evacuation of Martin Luther King Junior High School in the early spring of 1989?
(a) Lead in the drinking water.
(b) The emission of toxic chemicals.
(c) Fires in the kitchen.
(d) Sewage in the school.

4. How did the press in Boston refer to troubled ghetto areas with a low infant mortality rate?
(a) Ghetto Zones.
(b) Killer Zones.
(c) Death Zones.
(d) Death Camps.

5. What area lies to the east of East St. Louis?
(a) Illinois wasteland.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Illinois bluffs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Kozol fired from his teaching job in the urban Boston school?

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

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

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

5. What years did the events in the book Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools take place?

(see the answer key)

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