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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only bright, clean building in the Camden area?
(a) The new prison.
(b) The mall.
(c) The newest school.
(d) The whorehouse.

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

3. 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.

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

5. What racial group makes up 92 percent of the children that attend the public schools in Washington, D.C.?
(a) Asian.
(b) Black.
(c) Hispanic.
(d) White.

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

9. 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?
(a) Buy new textbooks.
(b) Paint the dirty walls.
(c) Buy curtains for her teacher.
(d) Plant a flowerbox.

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

11. How many of the girls does the principal in Anacostia say will be pregnant by the fifth grade?
(a) Two thirds.
(b) One fourth.
(c) One third.
(d) Three fourths.

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

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

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

15. 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..."
(a) Cracking.
(b) Craping.
(c) Streaking.
(d) Geeking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the press report soon after Kozol's visit to the Anacostia elementary school?

2. What does the principal at PS79 say he will have to do if more students enroll at his school?

3. According to Thurston, why are poor people in Washington, D.C. willing to accept a dual system of public education?

4. Who does the press hail as the answer to solving local school problems?

5. What does Kozol say the high math and reading test scores in America are based on?

(see the answer keys)

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