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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the racial makeup of 98 percent of the population in East St. Louis?
(a) Black.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Hispanic.
(d) White.

3. According to Kozol, how are East St. Louis and Lawndale similar?
(a) The students have to attend mandatory summer school.
(b) The urban schools have no books.
(c) The city government is the main employer.
(d) There is no industry there.

4. How did Carla Hawkins, the teacher of a combination fifth and sixth grade class, acquire all the materials and resources for her class?
(a) She bought them herself.
(b) Another teacher loaned them to her.
(c) The school board provided her with funding.
(d) The principal bought them for her.

5. The history of East St. Louis shows that African Americans were lured to the city for what reason?
(a) Good schools.
(b) New housing.
(c) Low taxes.
(d) The promise of jobs.

6. How many children did Baldwin have in his classroom while teaching in the school located in the Boston suburbs?
(a) 22.
(b) 23.
(c) 21.
(d) 20.

7. According to Carla Hawkins, Chicago's public schools are in short supply of what type of resource?
(a) Students.
(b) Supplies.
(c) Funding .
(d) Teachers.

8. What happened to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home in Lawndale after he moved?
(a) It was renovated by the new owner.
(b) It was bulldozed.
(c) It was sold to the city government.
(d) It was declared a historical site.

9. In what year was the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education made?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1954.

10. At Mary McLeod Bethune School, what does the gospel teacher accuse the children of doing if they fail to sing properly?
(a) Not studying the music.
(b) Not loving the Lord.
(c) Not practicing the songs at home.
(d) Not liking the gospel teacher.

11. What is the name of the Villa Griffin child whose sister was murdered by a friend of the mother?
(a) Mickey.
(b) Smokey.
(c) Little Sister.
(d) Serena.

12. What are the names of the two auto bridges that cross the Mississippi to connect East St. Louis and St. Louis?
(a) Poplar Street Bridge and Martin Luther King Bridge.
(b) St. Louis Gateway Bridge and Malcolm X Bridge.
(c) Malcolm X Bridge and Martin Luther King Bridge.
(d) Poplar Street Bridge and Mississippi River Bridge.

13. Who does Kozol say is the biggest employer in East St. Louis?
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Pfizer Chemical Co.
(c) Drug trade.
(d) Public education.

14. According to sister Julia, why were classes never held at the newly constructed Jefferson School?
(a) The school did not pass the school board inspection.
(b) The school was not completed.
(c) There was too much sewage in the school.
(d) The construction was not done correctly.

15. How much money does Kozol say is spent on each child attending a poor, non-white, public school around Chicago?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $6,000.
(c) $7,000.
(d) $4,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kozol, what demographic lives predominantly to the east of East St. Louis?

2. How do the chemical plants get away with not paying taxes in East St. Louis?

3. How much money does Kozol say is spent on each child attending a rich, white, public school around Chicago?

4. How much money does Irl Soloman say he would earn by teaching one of the schools in the suburbs of St. Louis?

5. Why does Kozol introduce his class to poetry?

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