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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 did the press report soon after Kozol's visit to the Anacostia elementary school?
(a) A lawsuit against the public schools in D.C.
(b) A prostitution round-up.
(c) Statistics about the D.C. dropout rate.
(d) A muder at the school.
2. What reason did the Post-Dispatch give for the evacuation of Martin Luther King Junior High School in the early spring of 1989?
(a) Fires in the kitchen.
(b) Sewage in the school.
(c) The emission of toxic chemicals.
(d) Lead in the drinking water.
3. What song does the group of children in the Villa Griffin homes say they sing after the flag pledge?
(a) Jingle Bells
(b) Mary Had a Little Lamb.
(c) Star Spangled Banner.
(d) Oh Happy Day.
4. According to Kozol, what is the estimated worth of the education a child receives in the inner city of New York?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $4,000.
(c) $4,500.
(d) $5,500.
5. What does Kozol think will not solve inner-city problems?
(a) More social workers in the neighborhood.
(b) Better schools.
(c) More minority-owned businesses.
(d) More social services.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which one of the following does Kozol not mention as a place where the men in East St. Louis go when they disappear from the community?
2. Who was two hours late when they came to speak at East St. Louis High?
3. What is one way not mentioned by Kozol's friend Elizabeth that poor people know that they are living in a rich society?
4. Why does one of the psychiatrists that Kozol speaks to believe many whites think more money will not help inner city schools?
5. What is one way Jonathan Kozol says can show people how valuable we think they are?
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