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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. Which two poets did Kozol expose the children in the urban district to?
(a) Langston Hughes and Claude McKay.
(b) T.S. Eliot and Claude McKay.
(c) Langston Hughes and T.S. Eliot.
(d) Robert Frost and Langston Hughes.

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

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

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

5. How many years did Kozol spend visiting schools and speaking with children about their schools and neighborhoods?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kozol, whose real names are used in the book Savage Inequalities?

2. What Supreme Court decision found that segregated education was unconstitutional because it was "inherently unequal"?

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

4. What was Kozol's purpose for writing the book Savage Inequalities?

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

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