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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. In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. live in North Lawndale?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1962.

2. Who does the press hail as the answer to solving local school problems?
(a) Government officials.
(b) Non-white leaders.
(c) White leaders.
(d) School administrators.

3. What grade did Kozol teach while he was at the urban school in Boston?
(a) Second.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Kindergarten.
(d) Fifth.

4. What does the Wall Street Journal say has remained static while per-pupil spending has increased?
(a) Student attendance.
(b) The dropout rate.
(c) Teacher retention rates.
(d) Student achievement.

5. What public service does Kozol mention that East St. Louis lacks?
(a) Welfare.
(b) Trash Removal.
(c) Recycling.
(d) Unemployment Services.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Kozol say is spent on each child attending a poor, non-white, public school around Chicago?

2. What types of courses does the principal at Woodrow Wilson High School say he is unable to provide his students?

3. 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?

4. What state is Camden located in?

5. What issue do PS261 and PS79 share?

(see the answer key)

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