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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 type of facility is missing from Camden High School?
(a) Locker room.
(b) Teacher's lounge.
(c) Gym.
(d) A lunch facility.

2. What term does the principal at Camden High School give to the dividing up of the children based on their previous test results?
(a) Selective grouping.
(b) Heterogeneous grouping.
(c) Homogeneous grouping.
(d) Random selection.

3. Who said that Americans allow all of their children the things they need to compete at the highest levels of success?
(a) Martin Luther King.
(b) Lord Acton.
(c) Queen Elizabeth.
(d) Langston Hughes.

4. According to the Wall Street Journal, what are the two worlds of Washington, D.C.?
(a) The one with sparking white monuments and Anacostia.
(b) The one of the House and the Senate.
(c) The one of presidents and congressmen.
(d) The one of Capitol Hill and Brookland Manor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many districts are New York schools divided into?

2. What does Kozol say the high math and reading test scores in America are based on?

3. Why did the city of Chicago construct the high-speed Dan Ryan Expressway to go around certain parts of the city?

4. Who is the former principal of East Side High School that was praised by U.S. Education Secretary William Bennett?

5. Which citiy sits across the Delaware River from Camden?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe PS 261.

2. Describe the Milliken v. Bradley case's appeal to Supreme Court.

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

4. How does Kozol describe the D.C. school system?

5. Hoe does Kozol describe Camden, New Jersey?

6. How do the suburban schools in New York compare to the urban schools in New York?

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

8. Describe PS 79.

9. What problems do highly selective schools create in New York? Why do they create these problems?

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

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