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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 unknown in their schools.
(d) They felt that school was not for them.

2. What issue do PS261 and PS79 share?
(a) Lack of up-to-date resources.
(b) Low enrollment.
(c) Unqualified teachers.
(d) Lack of space.

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

4. According to Kozol, students in what racial group are more often categorized as retarded?
(a) Hispanic.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Asian.

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

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

7. According to Kozol, what statistic does New York find hard to track?
(a) The actual number of teachers in the system.
(b) The number of students enrolled in urban public schools.
(c) The actual dropout rate.
(d) The races and ethnicities of the students in the public school system.

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

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

10. According to Harper, how does her teacher punish the children?
(a) By standing in the corner.
(b) By sending them to the principal's office.
(c) With a paddle.
(d) Detention.

11. What does Kozol say Camden's entire property wealth of $250 million is less than the value of?
(a) One upscale department store on New York City's Fifth Avenue.
(b) One school in the suburbs of Camden.
(c) One country club in Cherry Hill.
(d) One casino in Atlantic City.

12. What type of early child care program can the principal at PS79 not start at his school?
(a) Pre-kindergarten.
(b) Head Start program.
(c) Morning kindergarten.
(d) Even State program.

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

14. Who used to attend the church in Camden that Kozol passes while chatting with two teachers from Camden High School?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Langston Hughes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Harper describe as "you crawl along the street and look for rocks. You look for rocks that other people spill. You crawl along your knees..."

2. Who are the manual arts classes in the Riverdale school reserved for?

3. What does Thurston say black people did not understand regarding their children and the public education system in Washington, D.C. and those in the surrounding suburbs?

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

5. What is the race of the non-white children in the accelerated classes at the school in Riverdale?

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