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

2. 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 declared a historical site.
(d) It was sold to the city government.

3. What are the major industries in Sauget besides the chemical plants?
(a) Prison and cigarette manufacturers.
(b) Liquor stores and an outlet for the lottery.
(c) Topless joints and an outlet for the lottery.
(d) Funeral homes and car dealerships.

4. Who authored the poem that one of the most embittered students in Kozol's class memorized?
(a) T.S. Eliot.
(b) Robert Frost.
(c) Claude McKay.
(d) Langston Hughes.

5. What is one way Kozol says children realize they are getting an inferior education?
(a) By reading stories about schools in rich neighborhoods.
(b) By talking to friends about schools their other family members attend.
(c) By watching TV and seeing how the other half live.
(d) By visiting other schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kozol, what is a major problem at Lawndale Elementary School?

2. According to Kozol, when visiting urban public schools who refused to take him to the neighborhoods were the schools were located?

3. What court decision found that segregated institutions for black people could exist as long as they were equal to those open to white people?

4. How much money does Kozol say is spent on each child attending a rich, white, public school around Chicago?

5. According to Kozol, whose responsibility is it to supply all children with equally good schools?

(see the answer key)

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