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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. Why was Kozol fired from his teaching job in the urban Boston school?
(a) For teaching poetry that was not on the approved list.
(b) For leaving students unattended.
(c) For taking students on a field trip without parental permission.
(d) For challenging the administration.

2. Whose voices does Kozol say were missing from summit conferences on education, severe reports, and ominous prescriptions?
(a) The teachers' voices.
(b) The parents' voices.
(c) The communities' voices.
(d) The children's voices.

3. When Kozol decides to see what's happening in America's schools, what shocked and outraged him most about the public school system?
(a) The lack of qualified teachers in the school system.
(b) The segregation that still existed in the school system.
(c) The overcrowding in classrooms.
(d) The lack of books in the classrooms.

4. Approximately how many neighborhoods did Kozol visit?
(a) 15.
(b) 25.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

5. How many teachers did Kozol's students in the urban Boston school have before he was assigned to teach their class?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 11.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Baldwin have in his classroom while teaching in the urban school in Boston?

2. In what year did Kozol set off to visit schools and speak with children about education in urban areas?

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

4. Where did Kozol hold his classes while teaching in the urban school in Boston?

5. What types of educational options had been proposed in Baltimore, Milwaukee, and Detroit?

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