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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. In what year was the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson rendered?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1895.

2. According to Reverend Jim Wolff, who moved in to North Lawndale when businesses moved out?
(a) Government offices.
(b) Gangs.
(c) Schools.
(d) Churches.

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

4. Why does Kozol think the most enthusiastic and skilled teachers will not be attracted to urban schools, like Mary McLeod Bethune Schools?
(a) The low salaries.
(b) Few resources.
(c) The out-of-date books.
(d) The lack of classroom autonomy.

5. According to Bonita Brodt, a writer for the Chicago Tribune, who is the president in the textbooks that the students are reading at Goudy Elementary School?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) George H. W. Bush.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the two sources of lead in East St. Louis named in the Life on the Mississippi chapter?

3. In what year was the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education made?

4. What is the name of the Villa Griffin child whose sister was murdered by a friend of the mother?

5. At Mary McLeod Bethune School, what does the gospel teacher accuse the children of doing if they fail to sing properly?

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