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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. Why did the city of Chicago construct the high-speed Dan Ryan Expressway to go around certain parts of the city?
(a) To avoid sections of the city that were not highly populated.
(b) To cut off the section of the city that houses the housing projects for black people.
(c) To cut off the industrial sections of the city.
(d) To only service those living in the suburbs, but working in downtown Chicago.
2. How did the press in Boston refer to troubled ghetto areas with a low infant mortality rate?
(a) Killer Zones.
(b) Death Camps.
(c) Ghetto Zones.
(d) Death Zones.
3. 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) Ronald Reagan.
(b) George H. W. Bush.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Richard Nixon.
4. How low does Kozol report you can purchase a home for in North Camden?
(a) $4,000.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $7,000.
5. What does the principal of Tunisia's school say she sees children doing in order to have something to eat at home?
(a) Asking for extra food at lunch.
(b) Staying after school to receive free dinner.
(c) Stealing from other students lunches.
(d) Pocketing chicken nuggets.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Kozol, whose real names are used in the book Savage Inequalities?
2. How much money does President H.W. Bush's alma-mater spend per student?
3. Who is the former principal of East Side High School that was praised by U.S. Education Secretary William Bennett?
4. According to Kozol, what does the city of New York supply each ghetto school with?
5. At an elementary school in Anacostia, Kozol speaks with a young girl named Tunisia. What is not one of the things that Tunisia tell Kozol she would do if she had a lot of money?
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