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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. According to Kozol, what is the estimated worth of the education a child receives in the suburbs of New York?
(a) $12,000.
(b) $11,000.
(c) $14,000.
(d) $13,000.

2. How long do some of the students at Morris High School think it will be before blacks and whites work together to better public education?
(a) 300 years.
(b) 400 years.
(c) 200 years.
(d) 100 years.

3. Who are the manual arts classes in the Riverdale school reserved for?
(a) Truant students.
(b) The honors students.
(c) Students with an interest in the manual arts.
(d) The special education students.

4. What is one way not mentioned by Kozol's friend Elizabeth that poor people know that they are living in a rich society?
(a) TV.
(b) Reading books.
(c) Movies.
(d) Advertisements.

5. According to the principal, how much does Woodrow Wilson spend yearly on each student?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $4,000.
(c) $3,000.
(d) $2,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kozol, students in what racial group are more often categorized as retarded?

2. At an elementary school in Anacostia, Kozol speaks with a young girl named Tunisia. What is not one of the things that Tunisia tell Kozol she would do if she had a lot of money?

3. What does the principal of Tunisia's school say she sees children doing in order to have something to eat at home?

4. What is the fate of Raymond Abbot long after the court's decision is rendered?

5. What type of industry was Camden famous for at one point?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Joe Clark? What role did he play in the New Jersey public school system?

2. Why does Kozol think that inner city problems would not be totally solved by better schools?

3. How do the children attending public schools in the suburbs of New York that Kozol interviews feel about sharing funding and resources with children at urban public schools?

4. Name three specific examples of overcrowding in New Jersey public schools.

5. How does Kozol describe the two worlds of Washington, D.C.?

6. How does Kozol describe the situation at Asbury Park and Irvington?

7. Why do public schools in certain areas of New York suffer more than others?

8. What three Supreme Court justices wrote dissents for the Milliken v. Bradley case? Why did each dissent?

9. What resources do the teachers at Pyne Point Junior High lack? How do the teachers improvise?

10. What similarity exist between selective schools in New York and Chicago?

(see the answer keys)

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