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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 reason did the Post-Dispatch give for the evacuation of Martin Luther King Junior High School in the early spring of 1989?
(a) Fires in the kitchen.
(b) Sewage in the school.
(c) The emission of toxic chemicals.
(d) Lead in the drinking water.

2. Why did Sam Morgan, principal of East St. Louis High, not attend the school as a student?
(a) He lived to far way to attend the school.
(b) He did not grow up in East St. Louis.
(c) It was an all-white high school.
(d) The school was not built when he was in high school.

3. What is one way Kozol says children realize they are getting an inferior education?
(a) By reading stories about schools in rich neighborhoods.
(b) By talking to friends about schools their other family members attend.
(c) By visiting other schools.
(d) By watching TV and seeing how the other half live.

4. How much money does Irl Soloman earn at East St. Louis High each year after teaching for nearly 30 years?
(a) $34,000.
(b) $32,000.
(c) $36,000.
(d) $38,000.

5. What reason does Warren Franczyk, principal of Mary McLeod Bethune School, give for teachers losing their high school jobs in North Lawndale?
(a) There is a need for more teachers at the elementary-school level.
(b) They are unqualified for the jobs.
(c) They are shutting down certain schools.
(d) The low enrollment at the schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Kozol set off to visit schools and speak with children about education in urban areas?

2. Whose voices does Kozol say were missing from summit conferences on education, severe reports, and ominous prescriptions?

3. In the chapter entitled "Life on the Mississippi," what office is described as the largest office in Illinois?

4. Which school did President George H.W. Bush attend?

5. Which two poets did Kozol expose the children in the urban district to?

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