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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 Supreme Court decision found that segregated education was unconstitutional because it was "inherently unequal"?
(a) Briggs, et. al. v. Elliott, et. al.
(b) Brown v. Board of Education.
(c) Davis, et. al. v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, VA et al.
(d) Plessy v. Ferguson.

2. In what year did Kozol set off to visit schools and speak with children about education in urban areas?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1988.

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

4. What was the poem that is memorized by the students in Kozol's class about?
(a) The public school system.
(b) Broken dreams.
(c) Infant mortality.
(d) Ghetto life.

5. How much money does Kozol say is spent on each child attending a poor, non-white, public school around Chicago?
(a) $4,000.
(b) $7,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $6,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What public service does Kozol mention that East St. Louis lacks?

3. How much money does Kozol say is spent on each child attending a rich, white, public school around Chicago?

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

5. What influential African American does Kozol note was often cited when black parents or black school officials discussed educating students in the urban public school system?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What problem exists at Lathrop Elementary School, and what is the source of this problem?

9. Why does Kozol decide to leave teaching and focus on other social issues?

10. How does Kozol describe East St. Louis?

(see the answer keys)

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