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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. 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) The federal government.
(b) Suburan school principals.
(c) City officials.
(d) Business leaders.

2. In what year was the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education made?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1952.

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

4. What happened to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home in Lawndale after he moved?
(a) It was renovated by the new owner.
(b) It was bulldozed.
(c) It was sold to the city government.
(d) It was declared a historical site.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Post-Dispatch describe East St. Louis, Illinois?

2. How many children did Baldwin have in his classroom while teaching in the urban school in Boston?

3. What was Kozol's purpose for writing the book Savage Inequalities?

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

5. Who does Kozol say is the biggest employer in East St. Louis?

(see the answer key)

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