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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. live in North Lawndale?
2. According to Kozol, how are East St. Louis and Lawndale similar?
3. What area lies to the east of East St. Louis?
4. According to Bonita Brodt, a writer for the Chicago Tribune, who is the president in the textbooks that the students are reading at Goudy Elementary School?
5. How much money does Irl Soloman earn at East St. Louis High each year after teaching for nearly 30 years?
Short Essay Questions
1. What financial cuts are proposed for the schools in East St. Louis? Why do cuts have to be made to the schools in East St. Louis? Who is responsible for making the cuts?
2. How does Kozol describe the neighborhoods in which the urban schools he visited were located?
3. Why are the major industries that dump waste into East St. Louis not taxed there?
4. Why does the author think that many wealthy people think it is okay if poor children receive fewer advantages?
5. How does Coral Hawkins stand out from most of the teachers Kozol meets at Mary McLeod Bethune School?
6. What is there for residents to do in East St. Louis for fun?
7. Compare Coral Hawkins to the gospel teacher at Mary McLeod Bethune School.
8. What problem exists at Lathrop Elementary School, and what is the source of this problem?
9. Why does Kozol say he wrote the book Savage Inequalities?
10. How does the pre-desegregation of schools compare to the post-desegregation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the Forward of the book, Kozol refers to the Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education. What is the significance of the Brown v. Board decision? According to the book, how has the school system remained the same since the judgment? What changes have been made since the Brown v. Board decision? Please use specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Kozol refers to many major media outlets for information about public education in the urban cities. What role does the media (e.g., newspapers, magazines, TV) play in spreading information about the public school system? What information does Kozol use from the media? How does Kozol use information from the media to discuss the public school system? Please use specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
In his interviews, Kozol asks several individuals what they think is the answer to better schools. Based on the book Savage Inequalities, what are some of the ways to better schools? How can these ways be implemented in the schools/communities? Please use specific examples from the book.
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