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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In what year was the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson rendered?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1895.

6. What are the major industries in Sauget besides the chemical plants?
(a) Prison and cigarette manufacturers.
(b) Funeral homes and car dealerships.
(c) Liquor stores and an outlet for the lottery.
(d) Topless joints and an outlet for the lottery.

7. 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?
(a) Mary McLeod Bethune.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Booker T. Washington.
(d) W.E.B. DuBois.

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

9. Who authored the poem that one of the most embittered students in Kozol's class memorized?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) Langston Hughes.
(c) Claude McKay.
(d) T.S. Eliot.

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

11. In what month is black history celebrated in the public schools?
(a) January.
(b) February.
(c) October.
(d) May.

12. According to Kozol, what is a major problem at Lawndale Elementary School?
(a) The children do not have recess.
(b) The teachers lack adequate preperation.
(c) The facilities are old and out-of-date.
(d) The lack of quality books.

13. What years did the events in the book Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools take place?
(a) 1988-1992.
(b) 1986-1990.
(c) 1988-1990.
(d) 1990-1991.

14. How did the press in Boston refer to troubled ghetto areas with a low infant mortality rate?
(a) Killer Zones.
(b) Ghetto Zones.
(c) Death Camps.
(d) Death Zones.

15. How many non-white students does Kozol say attended most of the urban schools he visited?
(a) 97 to 100 percent.
(b) 95 to 99 percent.
(c) 95 to 97 percent.
(d) 90 to 99 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did Kozol spend visiting schools and speaking with children about their schools and neighborhoods?

2. What are the two sources of lead in East St. Louis named in the Life on the Mississippi chapter?

3. What does Kozol say lottery proceeds go towards?

4. In what year was the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education made?

5. What does the school board in Dearborn Park do that they think constitutes as making school choice equally accessible?

(see the answer keys)

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