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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. What public service does Kozol mention that East St. Louis lacks?
(a) Unemployment Services.
(b) Recycling.
(c) Trash Removal.
(d) Welfare.

2. How many teachers did Kozol's students in the urban Boston school have before he was assigned to teach their class?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 14.

3. According to Kozol, when visiting urban public schools who refused to take him to the neighborhoods were the schools were located?
(a) School Administrators.
(b) Parents.
(c) Taxi Drivers.
(d) Public Transit.

4. What is the race of the non-white children in the accelerated classes at the school in Riverdale?
(a) Hispanic.
(b) African.
(c) Asian.
(d) Black.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At Mary McLeod Bethune School, what does the gospel teacher accuse the children of doing if they fail to sing properly?

2. What issue do PS261 and PS79 share?

3. According to Kozol, what demographic lives predominantly to the east of East St. Louis?

4. Who is the former principal of East Side High School that was praised by U.S. Education Secretary William Bennett?

5. What type of early child care program can the principal at PS79 not start at his school?

(see the answer key)

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