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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 happened to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home in Lawndale after he moved?
(a) It was bulldozed.
(b) It was renovated by the new owner.
(c) It was declared a historical site.
(d) It was sold to the city government.
2. According to Bonita Brodt, a writer for the Chicago Tribune, who is the president in the textbooks that the students are reading at Goudy Elementary School?
(a) George H. W. Bush.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) John F. Kennedy.
3. According to Kozol, what demographic lives predominantly to the east of East St. Louis?
(a) Black.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Hispanic.
(d) White.
4. According to sister Julia, why were classes never held at the newly constructed Jefferson School?
(a) The construction was not done correctly.
(b) The school was not completed.
(c) There was too much sewage in the school.
(d) The school did not pass the school board inspection.
5. According to Kozol, why is eighth-grade graduation highly celebrated in North Lawndale?
(a) Because most students drop out in the ninth grade.
(b) Because there is no high school prom in North Lawndale.
(c) Because parents put as much emphasis on eighth grade as they do on the twelfth grade .
(d) Because many of the students will not graduate from high school.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the only bright, clean building in the Camden area?
2. What does Sister Julia say that the nicest house in the Villa Griffin homes is used for?
3. What are the two sources of lead in East St. Louis named in the Life on the Mississippi chapter?
4. What reason did the Post-Dispatch give for the evacuation of Martin Luther King Junior High School in the early spring of 1989?
5. What song does the group of children in the Villa Griffin homes say they sing after the flag pledge?
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