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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. How low does Kozol report you can purchase a home for in North Camden?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $7,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $4,000.

2. What type of facility is missing from Camden High School?
(a) Teacher's lounge.
(b) Gym.
(c) A lunch facility.
(d) Locker room.

3. Why was Kozol fired from his teaching job in the urban Boston school?
(a) For challenging the administration.
(b) For teaching poetry that was not on the approved list.
(c) For leaving students unattended.
(d) For taking students on a field trip without parental permission.

4. What is one way not mentioned by Kozol's friend Elizabeth that poor people know that they are living in a rich society?
(a) Reading books.
(b) Advertisements.
(c) Movies.
(d) TV.

5. What types of schools does the Chicago public school system lack?
(a) High Schools.
(b) Junior high schools.
(c) Elementary Schools.
(d) Early Head Start centers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the girls does the principal in Anacostia say will be pregnant by the fifth grade?

2. According to Kozol, why is eighth-grade graduation highly celebrated in North Lawndale?

3. In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. live in North Lawndale?

4. According to Kozol, what demographic lives predominantly to the east of East St. Louis?

5. How does the school administrator at Morris High School in the South Bronx encourage the supposedly slow children to express themselves?

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