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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, "Life on the Mississippi: East St. Louis, Illinois,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children did Baldwin have in his classroom while teaching in the urban school in Boston?
(a) 25.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 35.

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

3. According to Kozol, which buildings in East St. Louis are the nicest?
(a) The Pfizer factory and City Hall.
(b) City Hall and the main police station.
(c) The federal courthouse and City Hall.
(d) The federal courthouse and the city government office building.

4. According to Kozol, when visiting urban public schools who refused to take him to the neighborhoods were the schools were located?
(a) Taxi Drivers.
(b) Public Transit.
(c) Parents.
(d) School Administrators.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Villa Griffin child whose sister was murdered by a friend of the mother?

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

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

4. How many housing units are in the Villa Griffin homes?

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?

(see the answer key)

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