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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. Where did Kozol hold his classes while teaching in the urban school in Boston?
(a) The school cafeteria.
(b) The school basement.
(c) The auditorium.
(d) An unfurnished classroom.

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

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

4. In what year was the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson rendered?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1895.

5. What was Kozol's purpose for writing the book Savage Inequalities?
(a) To compile facts and figures about American urban school systems.
(b) To let teachers discuss the low pay they receive for such a demanding job.
(c) To show parents' views of the American school system.
(d) To let the voices, judgments, and longings of children be heard.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kozol, when are citizens given $400 in exchange for a release from liability?

2. Who was two hours late when they came to speak at East St. Louis High?

3. What was the poem that is memorized by the students in Kozol's class about?

4. In what year did Kozol set off to visit schools and speak with children about education in urban areas?

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

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