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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. 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 does the principal of Tunisia's school say she sees children doing in order to have something to eat at home?
(a) Asking for extra food at lunch.
(b) Staying after school to receive free dinner.
(c) Pocketing chicken nuggets.
(d) Stealing from other students lunches.

3. What system of schools does Kozol say are highly attractive to more sophisticated parents, who are disproportionately white and middle class?
(a) The magnet school system.
(b) The charter school system.
(c) The urban school system.
(d) The suburban school system.

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

5. 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 segregation that still existed in the school system.
(b) The overcrowding in classrooms.
(c) The lack of books in the classrooms.
(d) The lack of qualified teachers in the school system.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kozol say that local districts have negative control over the schools?

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

3. How many housing units are in the Villa Griffin homes?

4. What does the New York Times say the better public schools are intended to do?

5. What type of facility is missing from Camden High School?

(see the answer key)

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