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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. How long do some of the students at Morris High School think it will be before blacks and whites work together to better public education?
(a) 400 years.
(b) 300 years.
(c) 200 years.
(d) 100 years.

2. Who does Kozol say is the biggest employer in East St. Louis?
(a) Pfizer Chemical Co.
(b) Public education.
(c) Prostitution.
(d) Drug trade.

3. What does John Coons of the University of California, Berkeley say all children technically are?
(a) Poor.
(b) Obedient.
(c) Rich.
(d) Educated.

4. According to Kozol, what does the city of New York supply each ghetto school with?
(a) Guns.
(b) Pepper spray.
(c) Police escorts.
(d) Handcuffs.

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 well-prepared the students are.
(c) How badly other schools are doing.
(d) How much funding the schools receive.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Post-Dispatch describe East St. Louis, Illinois?

2. How does Harper's mother describe her life in an Anacostia neighborhood?

3. Why did Sam Morgan, principal of East St. Louis High, not attend the school as a student?

4. According to the Wall Street Journal, what are the two worlds of Washington, D.C.?

5. What was the former purpose of the building that houses PS261?

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