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

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

3. According to Reverend Jim Wolff, who moved in to North Lawndale when businesses moved out?
(a) Schools.
(b) Churches.
(c) Gangs.
(d) Government offices.

4. What song does the group of children in the Villa Griffin homes say they sing after the flag pledge?
(a) Jingle Bells
(b) Star Spangled Banner.
(c) Oh Happy Day.
(d) Mary Had a Little Lamb.

5. Why was Kozol fired from his teaching job in the urban Boston school?
(a) For leaving students unattended.
(b) For teaching poetry that was not on the approved list.
(c) For challenging the administration.
(d) For taking students on a field trip without parental permission.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many banks did the Tribune say were located in North Lawndale?

2. What system of schools does Kozol say are highly attractive to more sophisticated parents, who are disproportionately white and middle class?

3. Which two poets did Kozol expose the children in the urban district to?

4. According to the 1980 census, what percentage of men and women 17 and older in North Lawndale had no jobs?

5. What is the racial makeup of 98 percent of the population in East St. Louis?

(see the answer key)

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