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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many housing units are in the Villa Griffin homes?
(a) 98.
(b) 99.
(c) 100.
(d) 101.

2. Which two poets did Kozol expose the children in the urban district to?
(a) Langston Hughes and T.S. Eliot.
(b) T.S. Eliot and Claude McKay.
(c) Robert Frost and Langston Hughes.
(d) Langston Hughes and Claude McKay.

3. How many years did Kozol spend visiting schools and speaking with children about their schools and neighborhoods?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. What are the major industries in Sauget besides the chemical plants?
(a) Topless joints and an outlet for the lottery.
(b) Liquor stores and an outlet for the lottery.
(c) Prison and cigarette manufacturers.
(d) Funeral homes and car dealerships.

5. When Kozol decides to see what's happening in America's schools, what shocked and outraged him most about the public school system?
(a) The overcrowding in classrooms.
(b) The lack of books in the classrooms.
(c) The lack of qualified teachers in the school system.
(d) The segregation that still existed in the school system.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the two auto bridges that cross the Mississippi to connect East St. Louis and St. Louis?

2. How does the Post-Dispatch describe East St. Louis, Illinois?

3. According to sister Julia, why were classes never held at the newly constructed Jefferson School?

4. Whose voices does Kozol say were missing from summit conferences on education, severe reports, and ominous prescriptions?

5. How many banks did the Tribune say were located in North Lawndale?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare Baldwin's experience teaching in the urban school district in Boston and the suburban school district west of Boston.

2. How does Kozol describe the Lawndale neighborhood?

3. How does Coral Hawkins stand out from most of the teachers Kozol meets at Mary McLeod Bethune School?

4. Why are the major industries that dump waste into East St. Louis not taxed there?

5. Why does Kozol say he wrote the book Savage Inequalities?

6. Describe the urban public school that Kozol taught in while in Boston.

7. Why does the author think that many wealthy people think it is okay if poor children receive fewer advantages?

8. What problems exist at Martin Luther King High School in East St. Louis?

9. Why does Kozol condemn business leaders and legislators for not improving public education?

10. What reasons does Irl Solomon give for young teachers not staying at Martin Luther King Jr. High?

(see the answer keys)

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