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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. Whose voices does Kozol say were missing from summit conferences on education, severe reports, and ominous prescriptions?
(a) The teachers' voices.
(b) The communities' voices.
(c) The children's voices.
(d) The parents' voices.

2. In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. live in North Lawndale?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1968.

3. What was the poem that is memorized by the students in Kozol's class about?
(a) Infant mortality.
(b) The public school system.
(c) Ghetto life.
(d) Broken dreams.

4. What are the names of the two auto bridges that cross the Mississippi to connect East St. Louis and St. Louis?
(a) Poplar Street Bridge and Mississippi River Bridge.
(b) St. Louis Gateway Bridge and Malcolm X Bridge.
(c) Poplar Street Bridge and Martin Luther King Bridge.
(d) Malcolm X Bridge and Martin Luther King Bridge.

5. What does Sister Julia say that the nicest house in the Villa Griffin homes is used for?
(a) A motel.
(b) A foster home.
(c) A government welfare office.
(d) A whorehouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song does the group of children in the Villa Griffin homes say they sing after the flag pledge?

2. How many years did Kozol spend visiting schools and speaking with children about their schools and neighborhoods?

3. How did Kozol choose the cities that he visited?

4. What are the major industries in Sauget besides the chemical plants?

5. How many teachers did Kozol's students in the urban Boston school have before he was assigned to teach their class?

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