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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, "Other People's Children: North Lawndale and the South Side of Chicago,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Kozol, how are East St. Louis and Lawndale similar?
(a) The urban schools have no books.
(b) The students have to attend mandatory summer school.
(c) There is no industry there.
(d) The city government is the main employer.

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

3. Who does Kozol condemn for offering to help troubled non-white schools, but who actually intend for disadvantaged students to prepare themselves for low-quality, factory jobs?
(a) Business leaders.
(b) Suburan school principals.
(c) City officials.
(d) The federal government.

4. What is the racial makeup of 98 percent of the population in East St. Louis?
(a) Chinese.
(b) White.
(c) Hispanic.
(d) Black.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who authored the poem that one of the most embittered students in Kozol's class memorized?

2. What year did Kozol begin teaching in Boston?

3. What does the school board in Dearborn Park do that they think constitutes as making school choice equally accessible?

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

5. How did the press in Boston refer to troubled ghetto areas with a low infant mortality rate?

(see the answer key)

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