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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Foreword and Prologue, "Looking Backward: 1964 to 1991,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Supreme Court decision found that segregated education was unconstitutional because it was "inherently unequal"?
(a) Briggs, et. al. v. Elliott, et. al.
(b) Plessy v. Ferguson.
(c) Davis, et. al. v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, VA et al.
(d) Brown v. Board of Education.

2. How many children did Baldwin have in his classroom while teaching in the school located in the Boston suburbs?
(a) 23.
(b) 22.
(c) 20.
(d) 21.

3. What was Kozol's purpose for writing the book Savage Inequalities?
(a) To compile facts and figures about American urban school systems.
(b) To let the voices, judgments, and longings of children be heard.
(c) To let teachers discuss the low pay they receive for such a demanding job.
(d) To show parents' views of the American school system.

4. What grade did Kozol teach while he was at the urban school in Boston?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Kindergarten.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Second.

5. In what year was the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson rendered?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1896.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Kozol choose the cities that he visited?

2. Approximately how many neighborhoods did Kozol visit?

3. According to Kozol, when visiting urban public schools who refused to take him to the neighborhoods were the schools were located?

4. What years did the events in the book Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools take place?

5. What court decision found that segregated institutions for black people could exist as long as they were equal to those open to white people?

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