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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. How much money does Irl Soloman say he would earn by teaching one of the schools in the suburbs of St. Louis?
(a) $49,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $48,000.
(d) $47,000.

2. What Supreme Court decision found that segregated education was unconstitutional because it was "inherently unequal"?
(a) Briggs, et. al. v. Elliott, et. al.
(b) Brown v. Board of Education.
(c) Plessy v. Ferguson.
(d) Davis, et. al. v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, VA et al.

3. Who said that Americans allow all of their children the things they need to compete at the highest levels of success?
(a) Lord Acton.
(b) Langston Hughes.
(c) Queen Elizabeth.
(d) Martin Luther King.

4. Approximately how many neighborhoods did Kozol visit?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

5. Why did Kozol stay in Cherry Hill while he was visiting Camden?
(a) Because the school administrators thought Kozol would be safer in the suburbs.
(b) Because Cherry Hill offers more shops and eateries.
(c) Because Camden did not have any hotels.
(d) Because Kozol prefered to stay in an upper-income neighborhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Carla Hawkins, the teacher of a combination fifth and sixth grade class, acquire all the materials and resources for her class?

2. The history of East St. Louis shows that African Americans were lured to the city for what reason?

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

4. What was the poem that is memorized by the students in Kozol's class about?

5. What is the fate of Raymond Abbot long after the court's decision is rendered?

(see the answer key)

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