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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. When Kozol decides to see what's happening in America's schools, what shocked and outraged him most about the public school system?
(a) The overcrowding in classrooms.
(b) The lack of books in the classrooms.
(c) The segregation that still existed in the school system.
(d) The lack of qualified teachers in the school system.

2. The history of East St. Louis shows that African Americans were lured to the city for what reason?
(a) New housing.
(b) Good schools.
(c) Low taxes.
(d) The promise of jobs.

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

4. What song does the group of children in the Villa Griffin homes say they sing after the flag pledge?
(a) Oh Happy Day.
(b) Star Spangled Banner.
(c) Jingle Bells
(d) Mary Had a Little Lamb.

5. Why does Kozol introduce his class to poetry?
(a) Because he did not have any textbooks in his classroom.
(b) To reawaken the children's interest in school.
(c) Because he did not have any lesson plans.
(d) To familiarize students with a different form of literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who authored the poem that one of the most embittered students in Kozol's class memorized?

2. In what year did Kozol set off to visit schools and speak with children about education in urban areas?

3. How much money does Kozol say is spent on each child attending a poor, non-white, public school around Chicago?

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

5. Why does Kozol think the most enthusiastic and skilled teachers will not be attracted to urban schools, like Mary McLeod Bethune Schools?

(see the answer key)

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