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

2. Who was two hours late when they came to speak at East St. Louis High?
(a) Jesse Jackson.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Ron Brown.
(d) Colin Powell.

3. What does the school board in Dearborn Park do that they think constitutes as making school choice equally accessible?
(a) Give presentations about the different schools in the area.
(b) Invite parents to school board meetings.
(c) Send school representatives to parents homes.
(d) Offer the same printed materials to all parents.

4. What grade did Kozol teach while he was at the urban school in Boston?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Second.
(c) Kindergarten.
(d) Fourth.

5. How much money does Kozol say is spent on each child attending a poor, non-white, public school around Chicago?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $4,000.
(c) $6,000.
(d) $7,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Kozol decides to see what's happening in America's schools, what shocked and outraged him most about the public school system?

2. What are the names of the two auto bridges that cross the Mississippi to connect East St. Louis and St. Louis?

3. What court decision found that segregated institutions for black people could exist as long as they were equal to those open to white people?

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

5. According to sister Julia, why were classes never held at the newly constructed Jefferson School?

(see the answer key)

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