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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. What does Kozol say lottery proceeds go towards?
(a) Education.
(b) State revenue.
(c) Welfare.
(d) State health system.

2. What major difference did Warren Franczyk, principal at Mary McLeod Bethune School, say existed between Mary McLeod Bethune School in North Lawndale and the magnet schools that the city runs?
(a) Mary McLeod Bethune is located next door to a chemical plant.
(b) The magnet schools have staff problems.
(c) The magnet school receives more funding than Mary McLeod Bethune School.
(d) The magnet schools do not have staffing problems.

3. How many non-white students does Kozol say attended most of the urban schools he visited?
(a) 90 to 99 percent.
(b) 97 to 100 percent.
(c) 95 to 97 percent.
(d) 95 to 99 percent.

4. What reason does Warren Franczyk, principal of Mary McLeod Bethune School, give for teachers losing their high school jobs in North Lawndale?
(a) They are shutting down certain schools.
(b) The low enrollment at the schools.
(c) They are unqualified for the jobs.
(d) There is a need for more teachers at the elementary-school level.

5. What religious order helps to operate a mission at the Villa Griffin homes?
(a) The Daughters of the Holy Spirit.
(b) The Daughters of Divine Charity.
(c) The Daughters of Charity.
(d) The Daughters of Divine Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. The history of East St. Louis shows that African Americans were lured to the city for what reason?

2. In the chapter entitled "Life on the Mississippi," what office is described as the largest office in Illinois?

3. According to Kozol, whose responsibility is it to supply all children with equally good schools?

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

5. How many teachers did Kozol's students in the urban Boston school have before he was assigned to teach their class?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kozol describe the township of Sauget?

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

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

4. How does Kozol describe the neighborhoods in which the urban schools he visited were located?

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

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

7. 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?

8. How does Kozol describe East St. Louis?

9. How does Kozol describe the Lawndale neighborhood?

10. What type of health issues exist in East St. Louis? Why do these illnesses exist?

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