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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, "Life on the Mississippi: East St. Louis, Illinois,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Kozol set off to visit schools and speak with children about education in urban areas?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1987.

2. Why does Kozol introduce his class to poetry?
(a) To reawaken the children's interest in school.
(b) Because he did not have any lesson plans.
(c) To familiarize students with a different form of literature.
(d) Because he did not have any textbooks in his classroom.

3. Why did Sam Morgan, principal of East St. Louis High, not attend the school as a student?
(a) It was an all-white high school.
(b) The school was not built when he was in high school.
(c) He did not grow up in East St. Louis.
(d) He lived to far way to attend the school.

4. Which two poets did Kozol expose the children in the urban district to?
(a) T.S. Eliot and Claude McKay.
(b) Robert Frost and Langston Hughes.
(c) Langston Hughes and T.S. Eliot.
(d) Langston Hughes and Claude McKay.

5. What was Kozol's purpose for writing the book Savage Inequalities?
(a) To let teachers discuss the low pay they receive for such a demanding job.
(b) To compile facts and figures about American urban school systems.
(c) To let the voices, judgments, and longings of children be heard.
(d) To show parents' views of the American school system.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who authored the poem that one of the most embittered students in Kozol's class memorized?

2. When Kozol decides to see what's happening in America's schools, what shocked and outraged him most about the public school system?

3. How did Kozol choose the cities that he visited?

4. According to Kozol, when are citizens given $400 in exchange for a release from liability?

5. How do the chemical plants get away with not paying taxes in East St. Louis?

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