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

2. According to Kozol, whose real names are used in the book Savage Inequalities?
(a) Public officials.
(b) Child characters.
(c) Adult characters.
(d) Religious characters.

3. How did Carla Hawkins, the teacher of a combination fifth and sixth grade class, acquire all the materials and resources for her class?
(a) The principal bought them for her.
(b) She bought them herself.
(c) Another teacher loaned them to her.
(d) The school board provided her with funding.

4. Who does Kozol condemn for offering to help troubled non-white schools, but who actually intend for disadvantaged students to prepare themselves for low-quality, factory jobs?
(a) City officials.
(b) The federal government.
(c) Business leaders.
(d) Suburan school principals.

5. How much money does Kozol say is spent on each child attending a poor, non-white, public school around Chicago?
(a) $6,000.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $7,000.
(d) $4,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only bright, clean building in the Camden area?

2. According to Kozol, when visiting urban public schools who refused to take him to the neighborhoods were the schools were located?

3. What term does the principal at Camden High School give to the dividing up of the children based on their previous test results?

4. How many students attend Camden High School?

5. How many children did Baldwin have in his classroom while teaching in the school located in the Boston suburbs?

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