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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. What area lies to the east of East St. Louis?
2. What does Kozol say lottery proceeds go towards?
3. According to sister Julia, why were classes never held at the newly constructed Jefferson School?
4. What is the population of the town of Sauget?
5. What types of schools does the Chicago public school system lack?
Short Essay Questions
1. What problems exist at Martin Luther King High School in East St. Louis?
2. Compare Baldwin's experience teaching in the urban school district in Boston and the suburban school district west of Boston.
3. Why are the major industries that dump waste into East St. Louis not taxed there?
4. How do many of the children know that they are receiving an inferior education? What happens to many of the children after they realize they are receiving an inferior education?
5. How does Coral Hawkins stand out from most of the teachers Kozol meets at Mary McLeod Bethune School?
6. What type of health issues exist in East St. Louis? Why do these illnesses exist?
7. How does the pre-desegregation of schools compare to the post-desegregation?
8. Why does Kozol condemn business leaders and legislators for not improving public education?
9. Why, in most cities, do the influential people that Kozol meets show little inclination to address the segregation in the pubic school system?
10. How does Kozol describe the neighborhoods in which the urban schools he visited were located?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Kozol has his class read Langston Hughes poem, A Dream Deferred. Based on Kozol's interviews, how does this poem apply to the lives of the children Kozol visits in the urban public school systems? Why would their dreams be deferred? What happens to those students whose dreams are deferred? Please use specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the urban public school systems in New York and Camden. How are these two urban school systems similar? How are they different? Please use specific examples from the book? Please use specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
Kozol points out that racial discrimination is the cause of many of the inequalities that exist in the public school system. However, some of the individuals that he interviews think that it's a socioeconomic issue and not a race issue. Based on the book Savage Inequalities, are the problems that exist in urban public schools caused by racial discrimination, socioeconomic status, or both. Why? Provide at least three detailed reasons for your answer. Please use specific examples from the book.
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