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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. At what age does the principal in Anacostia say many of the boys in her school will be dead?
(a) 18.
(b) 21.
(c) 28.
(d) 25.
2. How many students attend Camden High School?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 4,000.
3. What business entities exist in Camden but do not pay taxes?
(a) An incinerator and sewage treatment plant.
(b) A sewage treatment plant and a chemical plant.
(c) A chemical plant and incinerator.
(d) A pharmacutical plant and a sewage treatment plant.
4. Where is Camden ranked in terms of its number of poor people as compared to other states in the U.S.?
(a) Second.
(b) Fourth.
(c) First.
(d) Third.
5. How does the school administrator at Morris High School in the South Bronx encourage the supposedly slow children to express themselves?
(a) Through interpretive dance.
(b) In theater.
(c) By writing short stories.
(d) By writing poetry.
Short Answer Questions
1. How much money does President H.W. Bush's alma-mater spend per student?
2. What are two of the problems that Vernon Dover, principal of Pyne Point Junior High, tells Kozol exist at his school?
3. According to Kozol, how many people are supposed to be in PS261 at one time?
4. What term does the principal at Camden High School give to the dividing up of the children based on their previous test results?
5. What types of courses does the principal at Woodrow Wilson High School say he is unable to provide his students?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the suburban schools in New York compare to the urban schools in New York?
2. Describe PS 79.
3. Describe PS 261.
4. What problems do highly selective schools create in New York? Why do they create these problems?
5. How does Kozol describe the D.C. school system?
6. What similarity exist between selective schools in New York and Chicago?
7. Describe the Milliken v. Bradley case's appeal to Supreme Court.
8. Why does Kozol think that inner city problems would not be totally solved by better schools?
9. Who is Joe Clark? What role did he play in the New Jersey public school system?
10. How are test scores in math and reading determined? How do the determination of these scores affect children in poor schools?
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