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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. The history of East St. Louis shows that African Americans were lured to the city for what reason?
(a) The promise of jobs.
(b) New housing.
(c) Low taxes.
(d) Good schools.

2. According to sister Julia, why were classes never held at the newly constructed Jefferson School?
(a) The construction was not done correctly.
(b) The school did not pass the school board inspection.
(c) The school was not completed.
(d) There was too much sewage in the school.

3. When Kozol decides to see what's happening in America's schools, what shocked and outraged him most about the public school system?
(a) The segregation that still existed in the school system.
(b) The lack of qualified teachers in the school system.
(c) The lack of books in the classrooms.
(d) The overcrowding in classrooms.

4. Why does Kozol introduce his class to poetry?
(a) Because he did not have any lesson plans.
(b) To familiarize students with a different form of literature.
(c) Because he did not have any textbooks in his classroom.
(d) To reawaken the children's interest in school.

5. According to Kozol, what demographic lives predominantly to the east of East St. Louis?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Hispanic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two sources of lead in East St. Louis named in the Life on the Mississippi chapter?

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

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

4. Why was Kozol fired from his teaching job in the urban Boston school?

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

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