2. What types of courses does the principal at Woodrow Wilson High School say he is unable to provide his students?
(a) Honors courses.
(b) AP courses.
(c) Remedial courses.
(d) Online courses.

3. 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.

4. 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) Give the rich an alternative to high-priced private schools.
(d) To uphold the school system's high academic standards.

5. What does the principal at PS79 say he will have to do if more students enroll at his school?
(a) He will have to find another building.
(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 expand his classes.

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

7. 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) Attend a remedial class.
(d) They leave school to obtain lunch elsewhere.

8. Which citiy sits across the Delaware River from Camden?
(a) New York, NY.
(b) Philadelphia, PA.
(c) Dover, DE.
(d) Trenton, NJ.

9. What does John Coons of the University of California, Berkeley say all children technically are?
(a) Obedient.
(b) Rich.
(c) Educated.
(d) Poor.

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

11. What does Kozol say the high math and reading test scores in America are based on?
(a) How smart the students are.
(b) How badly other schools are doing.
(c) How much funding the schools receive.
(d) How well-prepared the students are.

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

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

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

15. 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) Pocketing chicken nuggets.
(c) Staying after school to receive free dinner.
(d) Asking for extra food at lunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What business entities exist in Camden but do not pay taxes?

4. What type of facility is missing from Camden High School?

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

(see the answer keys)

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