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

2. How much money does Kozol say is spent on each child attending a rich, white, public school around Chicago?
(a) $6,000.
(b) $7,000.
(c) $8,000.
(d) $9,000.

3. What system of schools does Kozol say are highly attractive to more sophisticated parents, who are disproportionately white and middle class?
(a) The magnet school system.
(b) The suburban school system.
(c) The urban school system.
(d) The charter school system.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kozol, which buildings in East St. Louis are the nicest?

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

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

4. What is the name of the Villa Griffin child whose sister was murdered by a friend of the mother?

5. According to Kozol, whose real names are used in the book Savage Inequalities?

(see the answer key)

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