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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) They felt unknown in their schools.
(b) They felt that school was not for them.
(c) The did not get good grades.
(d) They did not like their teachers.

2. What is the dropout rate for Woodrow Wilson High School?
(a) 68%.
(b) 58%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 72%.

3. Why did the city of Chicago construct the high-speed Dan Ryan Expressway to go around certain parts of the city?
(a) To only service those living in the suburbs, but working in downtown Chicago.
(b) To avoid sections of the city that were not highly populated.
(c) To cut off the industrial sections of the city.
(d) To cut off the section of the city that houses the housing projects for black people.

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

5. What type of facility is missing from Camden High School?
(a) Gym.
(b) A lunch facility.
(c) Teacher's lounge.
(d) Locker room.

6. According to Kozol, what does the city of New York supply each ghetto school with?
(a) Handcuffs.
(b) Pepper spray.
(c) Guns.
(d) Police escorts.

7. Who is the former principal of East Side High School that was praised by U.S. Education Secretary William Bennett?
(a) Joe Clark.
(b) John Brown.
(c) Jim Johnson.
(d) James Richmond.

8. 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?
(a) The changes that were needed to make the school system equivalent to those in the D.C. suburbs.
(b) The amount of money needed to educate children in the school system.
(c) The changes that the school system would make if white parents complained about the system.
(d) The length that whites would go to keep their children at a distance from black children.

9. What type of people does Octovia, a child at the Anacostia elementary school, say that the girls want to be like when they grow up?
(a) Secretaries.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Rock stars.
(d) Lawyers.

10. What state is Camden located in?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Virginia.
(c) New York.
(d) Maryland.

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

12. How many students attend Camden High School?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 4,000.

13. What does the Wall Street Journal say has remained static while per-pupil spending has increased?
(a) The dropout rate.
(b) Student attendance.
(c) Student achievement.
(d) Teacher retention rates.

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

15. What is the fate of Raymond Abbot long after the court's decision is rendered?
(a) He is living on the streets.
(b) He is a cocaine addict in jail.
(c) He is working full-time as a manager in a fast food resturant.
(d) He is a student at Rutgers University.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Harper's mother describe her life in an Anacostia neighborhood?

2. According to Kozol, students in what racial group are more often categorized with a speech disorder?

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

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

5. What is one way not mentioned by Kozol's friend Elizabeth that poor people know that they are living in a rich society?

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