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

2. In the chapter entitled "Life on the Mississippi," what office is described as the largest office in Illinois?
(a) The Welfare Office.
(b) The Unemployment Office.
(c) The Lottery Office.
(d) Health Services.

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

4. What religious order helps to operate a mission at the Villa Griffin homes?
(a) The Daughters of Charity.
(b) The Daughters of the Holy Spirit.
(c) The Daughters of Divine Charity.
(d) The Daughters of Divine Love.

5. What was Kozol's purpose for writing the book Savage Inequalities?
(a) To let the voices, judgments, and longings of children be heard.
(b) To show parents' views of the American school system.
(c) To compile facts and figures about American urban school systems.
(d) To let teachers discuss the low pay they receive for such a demanding job.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kozol, what demographic lives predominantly to the east of East St. Louis?

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

3. How many years did Kozol spend visiting schools and speaking with children about their schools and neighborhoods?

4. What song does the group of children in the Villa Griffin homes say they sing after the flag pledge?

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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