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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. In what year was the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education made?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1952.
2. In what year was the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson rendered?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1898.
(d) 1895.
3. According to Reverend Jim Wolff, who moved in to North Lawndale when businesses moved out?
(a) Government offices.
(b) Schools.
(c) Gangs.
(d) Churches.
4. Approximately how many neighborhoods did Kozol visit?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.
5. What area lies to the east of East St. Louis?
(a) Illinois wasteland.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Illinois bluffs.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Kozol, when are citizens given $400 in exchange for a release from liability?
2. What court decision found that segregated institutions for black people could exist as long as they were equal to those open to white people?
3. What does the school board in Dearborn Park do that they think constitutes as making school choice equally accessible?
4. What reason did the Post-Dispatch give for the evacuation of Martin Luther King Junior High School in the early spring of 1989?
5. Who does Kozol condemn for offering to help troubled non-white schools, but who actually intend for disadvantaged students to prepare themselves for low-quality, factory jobs?
Short Essay Questions
1. Compare the two court decisions, Brown v. Board of Education and Plessy v. Ferguson.
2. How does Kozol describe East St. Louis?
3. How does Kozol describe the neighborhoods in which the urban schools he visited were located?
4. What problem exists at Lathrop Elementary School, and what is the source of this problem?
5. How do many of the children know that they are receiving an inferior education? What happens to many of the children after they realize they are receiving an inferior education?
6. Why does Kozol condemn business leaders and legislators for not improving public education?
7. Why is employment limited in East St. Louis?
8. How the suburban public schools funded compared to the urban public schools?
9. Why are the major industries that dump waste into East St. Louis not taxed there?
10. Why does Kozol say he wrote the book Savage Inequalities?
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