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

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

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

4. Who authored the poem that one of the most embittered students in Kozol's class memorized?
(a) Claude McKay.
(b) Robert Frost.
(c) Langston Hughes.
(d) T.S. Eliot.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the major industries in Sauget besides the chemical plants?

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

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

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

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