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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Kozol say is spent on each child attending a rich, white, public school around Chicago?
(a) $8,000.
(b) $9,000.
(c) $6,000.
(d) $7,000.

2. According to Reverend Jim Wolff, who moved in to North Lawndale when businesses moved out?
(a) Churches.
(b) Government offices.
(c) Gangs.
(d) Schools.

3. What are the two sources of lead in East St. Louis named in the Life on the Mississippi chapter?
(a) Drinking water and lead-based paint.
(b) Lead-based paint and manufacturing.
(c) Lead-based paint and lack of waste removal.
(d) Manufacturing and drinking water.

4. What year did Kozol begin teaching in Boston?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1963.

5. Why does Du Sable High School's principal have a hard time retaining young teachers at his school?
(a) Because the older teachers have more freedom to be creative.
(b) Because the school system curriculum is too strict.
(c) Because the suburban schools pay more money.
(d) Because young teachers would rather teach in private schools.

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

7. How many children did Baldwin have in his classroom while teaching in the urban school in Boston?
(a) 35.
(b) 25.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

8. How did Kozol choose the cities that he visited?
(a) He visited cities where he had familiy.
(b) He visited cities with a high rate of infant mortality.
(c) There was no special logic in the cities he chose to visit.
(d) He chose cities that had were ranked as the most dangerous.

9. According to Kozol, whose responsibility is it to supply all children with equally good schools?
(a) The teachers.
(b) The government.
(c) The school administrators.
(d) The parents.

10. Who does Kozol condemn for offering to help troubled non-white schools, but who actually intend for disadvantaged students to prepare themselves for low-quality, factory jobs?
(a) The federal government.
(b) Suburan school principals.
(c) Business leaders.
(d) City officials.

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

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

13. How does the Post-Dispatch describe East St. Louis, Illinois?
(a) America's Somalia.
(b) America's Soweto.
(c) America's Cuba.
(d) America's Bosnia.

14. In what year did Kozol set off to visit schools and speak with children about education in urban areas?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1987.

15. Why did Sam Morgan, principal of East St. Louis High, not attend the school as a student?
(a) He did not grow up in East St. Louis.
(b) The school was not built when he was in high school.
(c) It was an all-white high school.
(d) He lived to far way to attend the school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the major industries in Sauget besides the chemical plants?

2. What reason did the Post-Dispatch give for the evacuation of Martin Luther King Junior High School in the early spring of 1989?

3. Who was two hours late when they came to speak at East St. Louis High?

4. What was Kozol's purpose for writing the book Savage Inequalities?

5. 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?

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