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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 term does the principal at Camden High School give to the dividing up of the children based on their previous test results?
(a) Heterogeneous grouping.
(b) Homogeneous grouping.
(c) Random selection.
(d) Selective grouping.

2. How does Harper's mother describe her life in an Anacostia neighborhood?
(a) A cold death.
(b) A train wreck.
(c) A battle zone.
(d) Living on cloud nine.

3. What does the New York Times say the better public schools are intended to do?
(a) To serve as academic school.
(b) To uphold the school system's high academic standards.
(c) Give the rich an alternative to high-priced private schools.
(d) Attract or skim off the more privileged children.

4. How does the Post-Dispatch describe East St. Louis, Illinois?
(a) America's Bosnia.
(b) America's Cuba.
(c) America's Somalia.
(d) America's Soweto.

5. 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) Poplar Street Bridge and Mississippi River Bridge.
(d) Malcolm X Bridge and Martin Luther King Bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the principal, how much does Woodrow Wilson spend yearly on each student?

2. In what year was the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson rendered?

3. According to Kozol, how many people are supposed to be in PS261 at one time?

4. What statistic does Kozol give for the number of births in East St. Louis to single mothers?

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

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