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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. Why does Kozol introduce his class to poetry?
(a) To familiarize students with a different form of literature.
(b) Because he did not have any textbooks in his classroom.
(c) To reawaken the children's interest in school.
(d) Because he did not have any lesson plans.

2. Who was two hours late when they came to speak at East St. Louis High?
(a) Colin Powell.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Jesse Jackson.
(d) Ron Brown.

3. In what year was the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson rendered?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1898.

4. 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 segregation that still existed in the school system.
(b) The lack of qualified teachers in the school system.
(c) The overcrowding in classrooms.
(d) The lack of books in the classrooms.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the names of the two auto bridges that cross the Mississippi to connect East St. Louis and St. Louis?

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

4. What was the poem that is memorized by the students in Kozol's class about?

5. What public service does Kozol mention that East St. Louis lacks?

(see the answer key)

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