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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 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) Sewage in the school.
(c) Fires in the kitchen.
(d) The emission of toxic chemicals.

2. What are the major industries in Sauget besides the chemical plants?
(a) Topless joints and an outlet for the lottery.
(b) Funeral homes and car dealerships.
(c) Prison and cigarette manufacturers.
(d) Liquor stores and an outlet for the lottery.

3. What types of courses does the principal at Woodrow Wilson High School say he is unable to provide his students?
(a) Remedial courses.
(b) Honors courses.
(c) Online courses.
(d) AP courses.

4. According to Kozol, East St. Louis has one of the highest rates of which disease in America?
(a) Type II diabetes.
(b) Child ssthma.
(c) High-blood pressure.
(d) Heart disease.

5. What song does the group of children in the Villa Griffin homes say they sing after the flag pledge?
(a) Mary Had a Little Lamb.
(b) Star Spangled Banner.
(c) Oh Happy Day.
(d) Jingle Bells

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the New York Times say the better public schools are intended to do?

2. According to Bonita Brodt, a writer for the Chicago Tribune, who is the president in the textbooks that the students are reading at Goudy Elementary School?

3. What is the racial makeup of 98 percent of the population in East St. Louis?

4. According to the Wall Street Journal, what are the two worlds of Washington, D.C.?

5. Who does the press hail as the answer to solving local school problems?

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