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

2. Who does the press hail as the answer to solving local school problems?
(a) White leaders.
(b) Government officials.
(c) School administrators.
(d) Non-white leaders.

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

4. The history of East St. Louis shows that African Americans were lured to the city for what reason?
(a) Good schools.
(b) New housing.
(c) Low taxes.
(d) The promise of jobs.

5. Why did Kozol stay in Cherry Hill while he was visiting Camden?
(a) Because Cherry Hill offers more shops and eateries.
(b) Because Kozol prefered to stay in an upper-income neighborhood.
(c) Because Camden did not have any hotels.
(d) Because the school administrators thought Kozol would be safer in the suburbs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the principal at PS79 say he will have to do if more students enroll at his school?

2. At what age does the principal in Anacostia say many of the boys in her school will be dead?

3. What reason do students give Kozol for dropping out of school in New York?

4. What reason does Warren Franczyk, principal of Mary McLeod Bethune School, give for teachers losing their high school jobs in North Lawndale?

5. Whose voices does Kozol say were missing from summit conferences on education, severe reports, and ominous prescriptions?

(see the answer key)

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