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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the principal at PS79 say he will have to do if more students enroll at his school?
(a) He will have to expand his classes.
(b) He will have to bus them to another school.
(c) He will have to hold some classes in temporary trailers.
(d) He will have to find another building.

2. How many districts are New York schools divided into?
(a) 32.
(b) 30.
(c) 36.
(d) 34.

3. How many students from Woodrow Wilson, according to Kozol, sign up to take the SAT in the spring of 1990 when he visits?
(a) 132.
(b) 77.
(c) 60.
(d) 54.

4. How does the school administrator at Morris High School in the South Bronx encourage the supposedly slow children to express themselves?
(a) By writing short stories.
(b) In theater.
(c) Through interpretive dance.
(d) By writing poetry.

5. After speaking to the kindergarten class at PS79, Kozol learns that one of the African-American boys in the class travels how long each day to get to school?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 3 hours.

6. According to one teacher at Camden High School, what does the high school proficiency exam control?
(a) The classes offered at the school.
(b) The school's hours of operation.
(c) Curriculum.
(d) School resources.

7. What does the principal of Tunisia's school say she sees children doing in order to have something to eat at home?
(a) Stealing from other students lunches.
(b) Asking for extra food at lunch.
(c) Pocketing chicken nuggets.
(d) Staying after school to receive free dinner.

8. How long do some of the students at Morris High School think it will be before blacks and whites work together to better public education?
(a) 400 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 300 years.
(d) 200 years.

9. At what age does the principal in Anacostia say many of the boys in her school will be dead?
(a) 21.
(b) 25.
(c) 18.
(d) 28.

10. According to Kozol, what is the estimated worth of the education a child receives in the suburbs of New York?
(a) $13,000.
(b) $12,000.
(c) $14,000.
(d) $11,000.

11. According to Kozol, what is the estimated worth of the education a child receives in the inner city of New York?
(a) $5,500.
(b) $4,500.
(c) $4,000.
(d) $5,000.

12. What is the only bright, clean building in the Camden area?
(a) The mall.
(b) The new prison.
(c) The newest school.
(d) The whorehouse.

13. What racial group makes up 92 percent of the children that attend the public schools in Washington, D.C.?
(a) Black.
(b) Asian.
(c) Hispanic.
(d) White.

14. Which school did President George H.W. Bush attend?
(a) Phillips Academy.
(b) St. Johns Academy.
(c) Dearfield Academy.
(d) Dearborne Academy.

15. What business entities exist in Camden but do not pay taxes?
(a) A sewage treatment plant and a chemical plant.
(b) A chemical plant and incinerator.
(c) An incinerator and sewage treatment plant.
(d) A pharmacutical plant and a sewage treatment plant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one way Jonathan Kozol says can show people how valuable we think they are?

2. What is the fate of Raymond Abbot long after the court's decision is rendered?

3. According to Delabian Rice Thurston, where do the rich in Washington, D.C. try to send their children?

4. What was the former purpose of the building that houses PS261?

5. What term does the principal at Camden High School give to the dividing up of the children based on their previous test results?

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