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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, "The Equality of Innocence: Washington, D.C.,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the racial makeup of 98 percent of the population in East St. Louis?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Hispanic.
(d) Chinese.

2. What are the two sources of lead in East St. Louis named in the Life on the Mississippi chapter?
(a) Manufacturing and drinking water.
(b) Lead-based paint and lack of waste removal.
(c) Lead-based paint and manufacturing.
(d) Drinking water and lead-based paint.

3. How much money does Irl Soloman earn at East St. Louis High each year after teaching for nearly 30 years?
(a) $32,000.
(b) $34,000.
(c) $36,000.
(d) $38,000.

4. According to Delabian Rice Thurston, where do the rich in Washington, D.C. try to send their children?
(a) Public school.
(b) Boarding school.
(c) Private school.
(d) Catholic school.

5. What does Kozol say the high math and reading test scores in America are based on?
(a) How smart the students are.
(b) How badly other schools are doing.
(c) How much funding the schools receive.
(d) How well-prepared the students are.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is one way not mentioned by Kozol's friend Elizabeth that poor people know that they are living in a rich society?

3. How does the school administrator at Morris High School in the South Bronx encourage the supposedly slow children to express themselves?

4. How much money does President H.W. Bush's alma-mater spend per student?

5. According to Kozol, what demographic lives predominantly to the east of East St. Louis?

(see the answer key)

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