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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. Whose voices does Kozol say were missing from summit conferences on education, severe reports, and ominous prescriptions?
(a) The teachers' voices.
(b) The communities' voices.
(c) The children's voices.
(d) The parents' voices.

2. What does the school board in Dearborn Park do that they think constitutes as making school choice equally accessible?
(a) Send school representatives to parents homes.
(b) Offer the same printed materials to all parents.
(c) Invite parents to school board meetings.
(d) Give presentations about the different schools in the area.

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

4. What major difference did Warren Franczyk, principal at Mary McLeod Bethune School, say existed between Mary McLeod Bethune School in North Lawndale and the magnet schools that the city runs?
(a) The magnet schools have staff problems.
(b) Mary McLeod Bethune is located next door to a chemical plant.
(c) The magnet schools do not have staffing problems.
(d) The magnet school receives more funding than Mary McLeod Bethune School.

5. Which citiy sits across the Delaware River from Camden?
(a) Trenton, NJ.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Dover, DE.
(d) Philadelphia, PA.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kozol, what is the basic formula for education finance described as?

2. According to one teacher at Camden High School, what does the high school proficiency exam control?

3. According to Kozol, how are East St. Louis and Lawndale similar?

4. Who thought that the decision made in the Rodriguez class-action suit did not unfairly discriminate against the poor because there is "no proof that poor live in the poor neighborhood"?

5. Where do most of the motivated children at Morris High School plan to go after they graduate?

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