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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. According to Delabian Rice Thurston, where do the rich in Washington, D.C. try to send their children?
(a) Public school.
(b) Catholic school.
(c) Private school.
(d) Boarding school.

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

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

7. 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) $11,000.
(d) $14,000.

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

9. 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) To uphold the school system's high academic standards.
(c) Attract or skim off the more privileged children.
(d) To serve as academic school.

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

11. Who said that Americans allow all of their children the things they need to compete at the highest levels of success?
(a) Langston Hughes.
(b) Martin Luther King.
(c) Lord Acton.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

12. What are two of the problems that Vernon Dover, principal of Pyne Point Junior High, tells Kozol exist at his school?
(a) Low enrollment and traunt students.
(b) Dropouts and space.
(c) Dropouts and low teacher salaries.
(d) Low teacher salaries and space.

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

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

15. What is the race of the non-white children in the accelerated classes at the school in Riverdale?
(a) Black.
(b) Hispanic.
(c) Asian.
(d) African.

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. 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?

3. Where do most of the motivated children at Morris High School plan to go after they graduate?

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

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

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