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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 Delabian Rice Thurston, where do the rich in Washington, D.C. try to send their children?
(a) Boarding school.
(b) Public school.
(c) Private school.
(d) Catholic school.

2. What was the former purpose of the building that houses PS261?
(a) Factory.
(b) YMCA.
(c) Movie theater.
(d) Roller skating rink.

3. How many students attend Camden High School?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 4,000.

4. What business entities exist in Camden but do not pay taxes?
(a) An incinerator and sewage treatment plant.
(b) A chemical plant and incinerator.
(c) A pharmacutical plant and a sewage treatment plant.
(d) A sewage treatment plant and a chemical plant.

5. What state is Camden located in?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Maryland.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the principal at PS79 say he will have to do if more students enroll at his school?

2. Who said that Americans allow all of their children the things they need to compete at the highest levels of success?

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

4. According to Kozol, what is the estimated worth of the education a child receives in the suburbs of New York?

5. What do the students at Camden High School do during their lunch hour?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the judge respond to the class-action suit filed by the parent's of Raymond Abbot?

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

3. How does Kozol describe the Anacostia neighborhood where Harper and her mother live?

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

5. 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?

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

7. How does the court ultimately rule in the class-action suit filed in 1981 by parents of school children in East Orange, Camden, Irvington, and Jersey City? What is the reaction of wealthier tax payers?

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

9. Describe PS 79.

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

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