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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. What reason does Warren Franczyk, principal of Mary McLeod Bethune School, give for teachers losing their high school jobs in North Lawndale?
(a) The low enrollment at the schools.
(b) They are unqualified for the jobs.
(c) They are shutting down certain schools.
(d) There is a need for more teachers at the elementary-school level.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two poets did Kozol expose the children in the urban district to?

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

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

4. What does Kozol say lottery proceeds go towards?

5. What types of schools does the Chicago public school system lack?

(see the answer key)

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