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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. According to Kozol, when are citizens given $400 in exchange for a release from liability?
(a) When they are fired from the chemical plants.
(b) When they breath toxic emission from the chemical plants.
(c) When they are hurt while working at the chemical plant.
(d) When they partake in chemical experiments at the plant.

2. According to Kozol, East St. Louis has one of the highest rates of which disease in America?
(a) Child ssthma.
(b) High-blood pressure.
(c) Type II diabetes.
(d) Heart disease.

3. How many children did Baldwin have in his classroom while teaching in the urban school in Boston?
(a) 35.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 25.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Kozol introduce his class to poetry?

3. What is the name of the Villa Griffin child whose sister was murdered by a friend of the mother?

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

5. According to Kozol, how are East St. Louis and Lawndale similar?

(see the answer key)

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