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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 many districts are New York schools divided into?
(a) 30.
(b) 36.
(c) 34.
(d) 32.

2. How did Kozol choose the cities that he visited?
(a) He visited cities with a high rate of infant mortality.
(b) There was no special logic in the cities he chose to visit.
(c) He visited cities where he had familiy.
(d) He chose cities that had were ranked as the most dangerous.

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) Richard Nixon.
(c) George H. W. Bush.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

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) The federal government.
(b) City officials.
(c) Suburan school principals.
(d) Business leaders.

5. What does Kozol say the high math and reading test scores in America are based on?
(a) How much funding the schools receive.
(b) How smart the students are.
(c) How well-prepared the students are.
(d) How badly other schools are doing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What years did the events in the book Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools take place?

2. What does the principal of Tunisia's school say she sees children doing in order to have something to eat at home?

3. What does Sister Julia say that the nicest house in the Villa Griffin homes is used for?

4. Who does the press hail as the answer to solving local school problems?

5. According to the Wall Street Journal, what are the two worlds of Washington, D.C.?

(see the answer key)

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