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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the chapter entitled "Life on the Mississippi," what office is described as the largest office in Illinois?
(a) Health Services.
(b) The Lottery Office.
(c) The Welfare Office.
(d) The Unemployment Office.

2. Why does Kozol introduce his class to poetry?
(a) Because he did not have any lesson plans.
(b) To reawaken the children's interest in school.
(c) Because he did not have any textbooks in his classroom.
(d) To familiarize students with a different form of literature.

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

4. According to Kozol, what demographic lives predominantly to the east of East St. Louis?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Hispanic.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

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

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

7. What does Sister Julia say that the nicest house in the Villa Griffin homes is used for?
(a) A whorehouse.
(b) A motel.
(c) A foster home.
(d) A government welfare office.

8. Approximately how many neighborhoods did Kozol visit?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

9. According to Kozol, East St. Louis has one of the highest rates of which disease in America?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) Child ssthma.
(c) Type II diabetes.
(d) High-blood pressure.

10. What types of educational options had been proposed in Baltimore, Milwaukee, and Detroit?
(a) Charter schools with a focus on black culture.
(b) Busing black students to schools in white neighborhoods.
(c) Separate schools/classes for black males.
(d) All-girl schools.

11. Why was Kozol fired from his teaching job in the urban Boston school?
(a) For leaving students unattended.
(b) For taking students on a field trip without parental permission.
(c) For teaching poetry that was not on the approved list.
(d) For challenging the administration.

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

13. 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) There was too much sewage in the school.
(c) The school was not completed.
(d) The construction was not done correctly.

14. What was Kozol's purpose for writing the book Savage Inequalities?
(a) To let teachers discuss the low pay they receive for such a demanding job.
(b) To show parents' views of the American school system.
(c) To let the voices, judgments, and longings of children be heard.
(d) To compile facts and figures about American urban school systems.

15. How many years did Kozol spend visiting schools and speaking with children about their schools and neighborhoods?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Carla Hawkins, Chicago's public schools are in short supply of what type of resource?

2. What is the name of the Villa Griffin child whose sister was murdered by a friend of the mother?

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

4. What is the population of the town of Sauget?

5. What influential African American does Kozol note was often cited when black parents or black school officials discussed educating students in the urban public school system?

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