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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, "Other People's Children: North Lawndale and the South Side of Chicago,".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What years did the events in the book Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools take place?
(a) 1988-1992.
(b) 1990-1991.
(c) 1986-1990.
(d) 1988-1990.

2. According to Kozol, why is eighth-grade graduation highly celebrated in North Lawndale?
(a) Because there is no high school prom in North Lawndale.
(b) Because many of the students will not graduate from high school.
(c) Because most students drop out in the ninth grade.
(d) Because parents put as much emphasis on eighth grade as they do on the twelfth grade .

3. At Mary McLeod Bethune School, what does the gospel teacher accuse the children of doing if they fail to sing properly?
(a) Not studying the music.
(b) Not loving the Lord.
(c) Not practicing the songs at home.
(d) Not liking the gospel teacher.

4. Who authored the poem that one of the most embittered students in Kozol's class memorized?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) Claude McKay.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) Langston Hughes.

5. How many non-white students does Kozol say attended most of the urban schools he visited?
(a) 90 to 99 percent.
(b) 97 to 100 percent.
(c) 95 to 97 percent.
(d) 95 to 99 percent.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Du Sable High School's principal have a hard time retaining young teachers at his school?

4. What was the poem that is memorized by the students in Kozol's class about?

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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