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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. Who authored the poem that one of the most embittered students in Kozol's class memorized?
(a) Langston Hughes.
(b) Robert Frost.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) Claude McKay.

2. Who is the former principal of East Side High School that was praised by U.S. Education Secretary William Bennett?
(a) Joe Clark.
(b) John Brown.
(c) James Richmond.
(d) Jim Johnson.

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

4. According to the principal, how much does Woodrow Wilson spend yearly on each student?
(a) $3,000.
(b) $4,000.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $5,000.

5. At an elementary school in Anacostia, Kozol speaks with a young girl named Tunisia. What is not one of the things that Tunisia tell Kozol she would do if she had a lot of money?
(a) Plant a flowerbox.
(b) Buy new textbooks.
(c) Paint the dirty walls.
(d) Buy curtains for her teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Demetrio Rodriguez's parents and other parents file a class-action suit?

2. What types of educational options had been proposed in Baltimore, Milwaukee, and Detroit?

3. How many children did Baldwin have in his classroom while teaching in the school located in the Boston suburbs?

4. Why does Du Sable High School's principal have a hard time retaining young teachers at his school?

5. What happened to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home in Lawndale after he moved?

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