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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. How much money does President H.W. Bush's alma-mater spend per student?
(a) $13,000.
(b) $14,000.
(c) $11,000.
(d) $12,000.

2. What major difference did Warren Franczyk, principal at Mary McLeod Bethune School, say existed between Mary McLeod Bethune School in North Lawndale and the magnet schools that the city runs?
(a) The magnet school receives more funding than Mary McLeod Bethune School.
(b) The magnet schools have staff problems.
(c) Mary McLeod Bethune is located next door to a chemical plant.
(d) The magnet schools do not have staffing problems.

3. What does the principal of Tunisia's school say she sees children doing in order to have something to eat at home?
(a) Asking for extra food at lunch.
(b) Staying after school to receive free dinner.
(c) Pocketing chicken nuggets.
(d) Stealing from other students lunches.

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

5. According to Kozol, what demographic lives predominantly to the east of East St. Louis?
(a) White.
(b) Hispanic.
(c) Black.
(d) Chinese.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Kozol stay in Cherry Hill while he was visiting Camden?

2. At an elementary school in Anacostia, Kozol speaks with a young girl named Tunisia. What is not one of the things that Tunisia tell Kozol she would do if she had a lot of money?

3. What does Kozol say the high math and reading test scores in America are based on?

4. According to Reverend Jim Wolff, who moved in to North Lawndale when businesses moved out?

5. What does the school board in Dearborn Park do that they think constitutes as making school choice equally accessible?

(see the answer key)

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