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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the press report soon after Kozol's visit to the Anacostia elementary school?
(a) A lawsuit against the public schools in D.C.
(b) A muder at the school.
(c) A prostitution round-up.
(d) Statistics about the D.C. dropout rate.

2. How much money does President H.W. Bush's alma-mater spend per student?
(a) $12,000.
(b) $13,000.
(c) $14,000.
(d) $11,000.

3. What are test scores in math and reading in America graded against?
(a) A regional standard.
(b) A norm or average.
(c) A national standard.
(d) An absolute standard.

4. According to the principal, how much does Woodrow Wilson spend yearly on each student?
(a) $4,000.
(b) $2,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $3,000.

5. Which city does Kozol point out as having a non-white administration for two years where conditions did not improve?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Camden.
(d) Baltimore.

6. According to Kozol, how many people are supposed to be in PS261 at one time?
(a) 1000.
(b) 800.
(c) 1100.
(d) 900.

7. What reason do students give Kozol for dropping out of school in New York?
(a) The did not get good grades.
(b) They did not like their teachers.
(c) They felt that school was not for them.
(d) They felt unknown in their schools.

8. What does the New York Times say the better public schools are intended to do?
(a) To serve as academic school.
(b) Attract or skim off the more privileged children.
(c) To uphold the school system's high academic standards.
(d) Give the rich an alternative to high-priced private schools.

9. Who does the press hail as the answer to solving local school problems?
(a) Government officials.
(b) White leaders.
(c) School administrators.
(d) Non-white leaders.

10. What type of equipment do the students at Pyne Point Junior High use in their typing class?
(a) Old Dell computers.
(b) Slightly used computers from one of the schools in Cherry Hill.
(c) New Olympia typewriters.
(d) Old Olympia typewriters.

11. What do the students at Camden High School do during their lunch hour?
(a) Attend a remedial class.
(b) Eat lunch in the cafeteria.
(c) Get bused to a school in Cherry Hill.
(d) They leave school to obtain lunch elsewhere.

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

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

14. Why did Kozol stay in Cherry Hill while he was visiting Camden?
(a) Because Cherry Hill offers more shops and eateries.
(b) Because Camden did not have any hotels.
(c) Because Kozol prefered to stay in an upper-income neighborhood.
(d) Because the school administrators thought Kozol would be safer in the suburbs.

15. 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) 200 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 300 years.
(d) 400 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the dropout rate for Woodrow Wilson High School?

2. Who is the former principal of East Side High School that was praised by U.S. Education Secretary William Bennett?

3. What does the Wall Street Journal say has remained static while per-pupil spending has increased?

4. At an elementary school in Anacostia, Kozol speaks with a young girl named Tunisia. What is not one of the things that Tunisia tell Kozol she would do if she had a lot of money?

5. What state is Camden located in?

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