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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. According to Kozol, whose real names are used in the book Savage Inequalities?
(a) Public officials.
(b) Adult characters.
(c) Religious characters.
(d) Child characters.

2. In what year did Kozol set off to visit schools and speak with children about education in urban areas?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1988.

3. How many non-white students does Kozol say attended most of the urban schools he visited?
(a) 95 to 97 percent.
(b) 90 to 99 percent.
(c) 97 to 100 percent.
(d) 95 to 99 percent.

4. How did Kozol choose the cities that he visited?
(a) There was no special logic in the cities he chose to visit.
(b) He visited cities where he had familiy.
(c) He chose cities that had were ranked as the most dangerous.
(d) He visited cities with a high rate of infant mortality.

5. What is the population of the town of Sauget?
(a) 200.
(b) 175.
(c) 100.
(d) 150.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Kozol begin teaching in Boston?

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

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

4. According to Kozol, when are citizens given $400 in exchange for a release from liability?

5. What reason did the Post-Dispatch give for the evacuation of Martin Luther King Junior High School in the early spring of 1989?

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