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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 much money does Irl Soloman say he would earn by teaching one of the schools in the suburbs of St. Louis?
(a) $48,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $47,000.
(d) $49,000.

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

3. What was Kozol's purpose for writing the book Savage Inequalities?
(a) To let the voices, judgments, and longings of children be heard.
(b) To show parents' views of the American school system.
(c) To let teachers discuss the low pay they receive for such a demanding job.
(d) To compile facts and figures about American urban school systems.

4. How does the Post-Dispatch describe East St. Louis, Illinois?
(a) America's Soweto.
(b) America's Cuba.
(c) America's Bosnia.
(d) America's Somalia.

5. According to Carla Hawkins, Chicago's public schools are in short supply of what type of resource?
(a) Supplies.
(b) Funding .
(c) Teachers.
(d) Students.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Villa Griffin child whose sister was murdered by a friend of the mother?

2. What does the school board in Dearborn Park do that they think constitutes as making school choice equally accessible?

3. What was the poem that is memorized by the students in Kozol's class about?

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

5. How did Carla Hawkins, the teacher of a combination fifth and sixth grade class, acquire all the materials and resources for her class?

Short Essay Questions

1. What financial cuts are proposed for the schools in East St. Louis? Why do cuts have to be made to the schools in East St. Louis? Who is responsible for making the cuts?

2. Compare the two court decisions, Brown v. Board of Education and Plessy v. Ferguson.

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

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

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

6. Why is employment limited in East St. Louis?

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

8. How does Kozol describe East St. Louis?

9. How the suburban public schools funded compared to the urban public schools?

10. How does the pre-desegregation of schools compare to the post-desegregation?

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