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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. How did the press in Boston refer to troubled ghetto areas with a low infant mortality rate?
(a) Death Zones.
(b) Ghetto Zones.
(c) Death Camps.
(d) Killer Zones.

2. 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) City officials.
(c) Suburan school principals.
(d) The federal government.

3. How many housing units are in the Villa Griffin homes?
(a) 100.
(b) 99.
(c) 98.
(d) 101.

4. According to Kozol, whose responsibility is it to supply all children with equally good schools?
(a) The parents.
(b) The teachers.
(c) The school administrators.
(d) The government.

5. Which one of the following does Kozol not mention as a place where the men in East St. Louis go when they disappear from the community?
(a) The military.
(b) College.
(c) Prison.
(d) Living on the streets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What statistic does Kozol give for the number of births in East St. Louis to single mothers?

2. How do the chemical plants get away with not paying taxes in East St. Louis?

3. The history of East St. Louis shows that African Americans were lured to the city for what reason?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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