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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, "Children of the City Invincible: Camden, New Jersey,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Sam Morgan, principal of East St. Louis High, not attend the school as a student?
(a) It was an all-white high school.
(b) He lived to far way to attend the school.
(c) He did not grow up in East St. Louis.
(d) The school was not built when he was in high school.

2. According to Kozol, what does the city of New York supply each ghetto school with?
(a) Police escorts.
(b) Pepper spray.
(c) Guns.
(d) Handcuffs.

3. What area lies to the east of East St. Louis?
(a) Illinois wasteland.
(b) Illinois bluffs.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Chicago.

4. How many children did Baldwin have in his classroom while teaching in the school located in the Boston suburbs?
(a) 20.
(b) 21.
(c) 23.
(d) 22.

5. What happened to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home in Lawndale after he moved?
(a) It was declared a historical site.
(b) It was sold to the city government.
(c) It was bulldozed.
(d) It was renovated by the new owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following does Kozol not mention as a place where the men in East St. Louis go when they disappear from the community?

2. What is the racial makeup of 98 percent of the population in East St. Louis?

3. What does Kozol say lottery proceeds go towards?

4. How many banks did the Tribune say were located in North Lawndale?

5. According to Carla Hawkins, Chicago's public schools are in short supply of what type of resource?

(see the answer key)

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