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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does one of the psychiatrists that Kozol speaks to believe many whites think more money will not help inner city schools?
(a) Because they believe that non-whites do not deserve a better education.
(b) Because they believe non-whites are actually born inferior.
(c) Because they believe that a good education should be reserved for the rich.
(d) Because they believe that poor blacks should not be allowed in white schools.

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

3. According to Kozol, students in what racial group are more often categorized with a speech disorder?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Hispanic.
(d) Asian.

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

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

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

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

8. 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) 1 hour.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) 3 hours.

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

10. What is one way not mentioned by Kozol's friend Elizabeth that poor people know that they are living in a rich society?
(a) Movies.
(b) TV.
(c) Reading books.
(d) Advertisements.

11. What term does the principal at Camden High School give to the dividing up of the children based on their previous test results?
(a) Homogeneous grouping.
(b) Heterogeneous grouping.
(c) Selective grouping.
(d) Random selection.

12. Who are the manual arts classes in the Riverdale school reserved for?
(a) Students with an interest in the manual arts.
(b) The honors students.
(c) The special education students.
(d) Truant students.

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

14. How does Harper's mother describe her life in an Anacostia neighborhood?
(a) A train wreck.
(b) Living on cloud nine.
(c) A cold death.
(d) A battle zone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. According to Kozol, what is the estimated worth of the education a child receives in the suburbs of New York?

3. According to Kozol, students in what racial group are more often categorized as retarded?

4. What does Kozol think will not solve inner-city problems?

5. What state is Camden located in?

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