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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 does Kozol say lottery proceeds go towards?

2. How much money does Irl Soloman earn at East St. Louis High each year after teaching for nearly 30 years?

3. According to Reverend Jim Wolff, who moved in to North Lawndale when businesses moved out?

4. According to Kozol, whose real names are used in the book Savage Inequalities?

5. How much money does Kozol say is spent on each child attending a poor, non-white, public school around Chicago?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare Baldwin's experience teaching in the urban school district in Boston and the suburban school district west of Boston.

2. How does Kozol describe East St. Louis?

3. How does the pre-desegregation of schools compare to the post-desegregation?

4. Where does Kozol go on his journey to speak with students in the public school system? How does Kozol choose the schools that he visited?

5. How does Kozol describe the township of Sauget?

6. Why does Kozol condemn business leaders and legislators for not improving public education?

7. What is there for residents to do in East St. Louis for fun?

8. What type of health issues exist in East St. Louis? Why do these illnesses exist?

9. What does the media, parents, and teachers think the issue is with public education?

10. How did East St. Louis become so poor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to Kozol, non-white leaders are often picked to solve local school problems. Why is it assumed that non-white leaders are the best candidate to solve the problems of local urban school systems? Who would be the best candidate(s) to solve the local school problems? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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