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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, "The Equality of Innocence: Washington, D.C.,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What business entities exist in Camden but do not pay taxes?
(a) A pharmacutical plant and a sewage treatment plant.
(b) An incinerator and sewage treatment plant.
(c) A chemical plant and incinerator.
(d) A sewage treatment plant and a chemical plant.

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

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) St. Louis Gateway Bridge and Malcolm X Bridge.
(c) Malcolm X Bridge and Martin Luther King Bridge.
(d) Poplar Street Bridge and Mississippi River Bridge.

4. How many students attend PS261 daily?
(a) 1,200.
(b) 1,400.
(c) 1,300.
(d) 1,500.

5. According to Kozol, students in what racial group are more often categorized as retarded?
(a) Hispanic.
(b) White.
(c) Asian.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What system of schools does Kozol say are highly attractive to more sophisticated parents, who are disproportionately white and middle class?

2. How many housing units are in the Villa Griffin homes?

3. What was the former purpose of the building that houses PS261?

4. In what year was the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education made?

5. According to Delabian Rice Thurston, where do the rich in Washington, D.C. try to send their children?

(see the answer key)

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