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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 are the major industries in Sauget besides the chemical plants?
(a) Prison and cigarette manufacturers.
(b) Liquor stores and an outlet for the lottery.
(c) Topless joints and an outlet for the lottery.
(d) Funeral homes and car dealerships.

2. What happened to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home in Lawndale after he moved?
(a) It was renovated by the new owner.
(b) It was bulldozed.
(c) It was sold to the city government.
(d) It was declared a historical site.

3. How many housing units are in the Villa Griffin homes?
(a) 98.
(b) 99.
(c) 100.
(d) 101.

4. When Kozol decides to see what's happening in America's schools, what shocked and outraged him most about the public school system?
(a) The lack of books in the classrooms.
(b) The segregation that still existed in the school system.
(c) The overcrowding in classrooms.
(d) The lack of qualified teachers in the school system.

5. According to Kozol, when visiting urban public schools who refused to take him to the neighborhoods were the schools were located?
(a) Parents.
(b) School Administrators.
(c) Public Transit.
(d) Taxi Drivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who authored the poem that one of the most embittered students in Kozol's class memorized?

2. What types of schools does the Chicago public school system lack?

3. What is the population of the town of Sauget?

4. What was Kozol's purpose for writing the book Savage Inequalities?

5. According to Kozol, students in what racial group are more often categorized as retarded?

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