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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, "The Savage Inequalities of Public Education in New York,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Kozol choose the cities that he visited?
(a) He chose cities that had were ranked as the most dangerous.
(b) He visited cities with a high rate of infant mortality.
(c) There was no special logic in the cities he chose to visit.
(d) He visited cities where he had familiy.

2. How much money does Irl Soloman say he would earn by teaching one of the schools in the suburbs of St. Louis?
(a) $49,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $47,000.
(d) $48,000.

3. In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. live in North Lawndale?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1968.

4. What does the New York Times say the better public schools are intended to do?
(a) To serve as academic school.
(b) Give the rich an alternative to high-priced private schools.
(c) To uphold the school system's high academic standards.
(d) Attract or skim off the more privileged children.

5. What does Kozol say lottery proceeds go towards?
(a) State health system.
(b) State revenue.
(c) Education.
(d) Welfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did Kozol spend visiting schools and speaking with children about their schools and neighborhoods?

2. Where did Kozol hold his classes while teaching in the urban school in Boston?

3. According to Kozol, what is a major problem at Lawndale Elementary School?

4. How many teachers did Kozol's students in the urban Boston school have before he was assigned to teach their class?

5. According to Kozol, whose responsibility is it to supply all children with equally good schools?

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