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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. What are the major industries in Sauget besides the chemical plants?
(a) Funeral homes and car dealerships.
(b) Liquor stores and an outlet for the lottery.
(c) Topless joints and an outlet for the lottery.
(d) Prison and cigarette manufacturers.

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

3. What statistic does Kozol give for the number of births in East St. Louis to single mothers?
(a) One of five births are to single mothers.
(b) Four of five births are to single mothers.
(c) Three of five births are to single mothers.
(d) Two of five births are to single mothers.

4. What song does the group of children in the Villa Griffin homes say they sing after the flag pledge?
(a) Oh Happy Day.
(b) Star Spangled Banner.
(c) Jingle Bells
(d) Mary Had a Little Lamb.

5. Approximately how many neighborhoods did Kozol visit?
(a) 25.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the chapter entitled "Life on the Mississippi," what office is described as the largest office in Illinois?

2. How many non-white students does Kozol say attended most of the urban schools he visited?

3. 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?

4. How did the press in Boston refer to troubled ghetto areas with a low infant mortality rate?

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

(see the answer key)

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