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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, "The Equality of Innocence: Washington, D.C.,".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who authored the poem that one of the most embittered students in Kozol's class memorized?
(a) Langston Hughes.
(b) Claude McKay.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) Robert Frost.

3. What term does Harper describe as "you crawl along the street and look for rocks. You look for rocks that other people spill. You crawl along your knees..."
(a) Geeking.
(b) Streaking.
(c) Cracking.
(d) Craping.

4. What type of industry was Camden famous for at one point?
(a) Chemical plants.
(b) Pharmacuticals.
(c) Farming.
(d) Manufacturing.

5. According to the principal, how much does Woodrow Wilson spend yearly on each student?
(a) $4,000.
(b) $3,000.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $5,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to one teacher at Camden High School, what does the high school proficiency exam control?

2. What song does the group of children in the Villa Griffin homes say they sing after the flag pledge?

3. What court decision found that segregated institutions for black people could exist as long as they were equal to those open to white people?

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

5. According to Harper, how does her teacher punish the children?

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