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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, "The dream deferred, Again, in San Antonio,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to one teacher at Camden High School, what does the high school proficiency exam control?
(a) Curriculum.
(b) The school's hours of operation.
(c) School resources.
(d) The classes offered at the school.

2. According to Kozol, students in what racial group are more often categorized as retarded?
(a) White.
(b) Asian.
(c) Black.
(d) Hispanic.

3. How many children did Baldwin have in his classroom while teaching in the urban school in Boston?
(a) 35.
(b) 25.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

4. What does the principal at PS79 say he will have to do if more students enroll at his school?
(a) He will have to bus them to another school.
(b) He will have to hold some classes in temporary trailers.
(c) He will have to find another building.
(d) He will have to expand his classes.

5. What influential African American does Kozol note was often cited when black parents or black school officials discussed educating students in the urban public school system?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Mary McLeod Bethune.
(c) W.E.B. DuBois.
(d) Booker T. Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the two auto bridges that cross the Mississippi to connect East St. Louis and St. Louis?

2. What are test scores in math and reading in America graded against?

3. What is the racial make-up of the children that attend schools in the last city Kozol visits?

4. What song does the group of children in the Villa Griffin homes say they sing after the flag pledge?

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

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