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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) 28.
(c) 21.
(d) 25.

2. What is the race of the non-white children in the accelerated classes at the school in Riverdale?
(a) Asian.
(b) Black.
(c) Hispanic.
(d) African.

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

4. Which citiy sits across the Delaware River from Camden?
(a) New York, NY.
(b) Dover, DE.
(c) Philadelphia, PA.
(d) Trenton, NJ.

5. 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) 100 years.
(b) 400 years.
(c) 200 years.
(d) 300 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Kozol, students in what racial group are more often categorized with a speech disorder?

3. What is the dropout rate for Woodrow Wilson High School?

4. What racial group makes up 92 percent of the children that attend the public schools in Washington, D.C.?

5. According to Thurston, why are poor people in Washington, D.C. willing to accept a dual system of public education?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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. Why would the students at Woodrow Wilson High want to remain there rather than attending a school with better resources?

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

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

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

8. How are test scores in math and reading determined? How do the determination of these scores affect children in poor schools?

9. Hoe does Kozol describe Camden, New Jersey?

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

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