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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. Which two poets did Kozol expose the children in the urban district to?
(a) Langston Hughes and T.S. Eliot.
(b) Langston Hughes and Claude McKay.
(c) Robert Frost and Langston Hughes.
(d) T.S. Eliot and Claude McKay.

2. What is the population of the town of Sauget?
(a) 100.
(b) 175.
(c) 150.
(d) 200.

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

4. How many years did Kozol spend visiting schools and speaking with children about their schools and neighborhoods?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

5. What public service does Kozol mention that East St. Louis lacks?
(a) Trash Removal.
(b) Unemployment Services.
(c) Recycling.
(d) Welfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Du Sable High School's principal have a hard time retaining young teachers at his school?

2. According to Carla Hawkins, Chicago's public schools are in short supply of what type of resource?

3. How many non-white students does Kozol say attended most of the urban schools he visited?

4. What happened to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home in Lawndale after he moved?

5. According to Bonita Brodt, a writer for the Chicago Tribune, who is the president in the textbooks that the students are reading at Goudy Elementary School?

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