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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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(d) The out-of-date books.

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

3. What Supreme Court decision found that segregated education was unconstitutional because it was "inherently unequal"?
(a) Davis, et. al. v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, VA et al.
(b) Brown v. Board of Education.
(c) Briggs, et. al. v. Elliott, et. al.
(d) Plessy v. Ferguson.

4. What influential African American does Kozol note was often cited when black parents or black school officials discussed educating students in the urban public school system?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) W.E.B. DuBois.
(c) Booker T. Washington.
(d) Mary McLeod Bethune.

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

6. What is the population of the town of Sauget?
(a) 200.
(b) 100.
(c) 175.
(d) 150.

7. According to Kozol, whose responsibility is it to supply all children with equally good schools?
(a) The teachers.
(b) The government.
(c) The parents.
(d) The school administrators.

8. In what month is black history celebrated in the public schools?
(a) May.
(b) October.
(c) February.
(d) January.

9. What system of schools does Kozol say are highly attractive to more sophisticated parents, who are disproportionately white and middle class?
(a) The charter school system.
(b) The magnet school system.
(c) The suburban school system.
(d) The urban school system.

10. According to the 1980 census, what percentage of men and women 17 and older in North Lawndale had no jobs?
(a) 62.
(b) 58.
(c) 68.
(d) 72.

11. What reason does Warren Franczyk, principal of Mary McLeod Bethune School, give for teachers losing their high school jobs in North Lawndale?
(a) They are shutting down certain schools.
(b) They are unqualified for the jobs.
(c) There is a need for more teachers at the elementary-school level.
(d) The low enrollment at the schools.

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

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

14. According to Kozol, East St. Louis has one of the highest rates of which disease in America?
(a) Type II diabetes.
(b) High-blood pressure.
(c) Child ssthma.
(d) Heart disease.

15. How many teachers did Kozol's students in the urban Boston school have before he was assigned to teach their class?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kozol, whose real names are used in the book Savage Inequalities?

2. What year did Kozol begin teaching in Boston?

3. Who does Kozol condemn for offering to help troubled non-white schools, but who actually intend for disadvantaged students to prepare themselves for low-quality, factory jobs?

4. According to Kozol, which buildings in East St. Louis are the nicest?

5. What was Kozol's purpose for writing the book Savage Inequalities?

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