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

2. According to Kozol, why is eighth-grade graduation highly celebrated in North Lawndale?
(a) Because many of the students will not graduate from high school.
(b) Because parents put as much emphasis on eighth grade as they do on the twelfth grade .
(c) Because most students drop out in the ninth grade.
(d) Because there is no high school prom in North Lawndale.

3. According to Kozol, whose responsibility is it to supply all children with equally good schools?
(a) The school administrators.
(b) The government.
(c) The parents.
(d) The teachers.

4. What are the two sources of lead in East St. Louis named in the Life on the Mississippi chapter?
(a) Lead-based paint and manufacturing.
(b) Lead-based paint and lack of waste removal.
(c) Manufacturing and drinking water.
(d) Drinking water and lead-based paint.

5. What years did the events in the book Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools take place?
(a) 1988-1992.
(b) 1986-1990.
(c) 1990-1991.
(d) 1988-1990.

Short Answer Questions

1. The history of East St. Louis shows that African Americans were lured to the city for what reason?

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

3. What reason does Warren Franczyk, principal of Mary McLeod Bethune School, give for teachers losing their high school jobs in North Lawndale?

4. According to Reverend Jim Wolff, who moved in to North Lawndale when businesses moved out?

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

(see the answer key)

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