Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools Test | Final Test - Easy

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Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are test scores in math and reading in America graded against?
(a) A regional standard.
(b) An absolute standard.
(c) A national standard.
(d) A norm or average.

2. What racial group makes up 92 percent of the children that attend the public schools in Washington, D.C.?
(a) Asian.
(b) Hispanic.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

3. How many of the girls does the principal in Anacostia say will be pregnant by the fifth grade?
(a) One fourth.
(b) Two thirds.
(c) Three fourths.
(d) One third.

4. According to Kozol, students in what racial group are more often categorized as retarded?
(a) Black.
(b) Asian.
(c) Hispanic.
(d) White.

5. Which city does Kozol point out as having a non-white administration for two years where conditions did not improve?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Camden.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Baltimore.

6. What is the dropout rate for Woodrow Wilson High School?
(a) 80%.
(b) 58%.
(c) 72%.
(d) 68%.

7. What term does Harper describe as "you crawl along the street and look for rocks. You look for rocks that other people spill. You crawl along your knees..."
(a) Cracking.
(b) Geeking.
(c) Craping.
(d) Streaking.

8. According to Thurston, why are poor people in Washington, D.C. willing to accept a dual system of public education?
(a) They want to keep the white and black middle class from fleeing the city.
(b) The poor do not realize there is a dual system of education.
(c) Poor parents want to expand the educational opportunities of their children.
(d) They are ignorant to the fleeing of the middle class from the city.

9. What does the Wall Street Journal say has remained static while per-pupil spending has increased?
(a) The dropout rate.
(b) Student attendance.
(c) Student achievement.
(d) Teacher retention rates.

10. Who does the press hail as the answer to solving local school problems?
(a) School administrators.
(b) Non-white leaders.
(c) White leaders.
(d) Government officials.

11. What is one way not mentioned by Kozol's friend Elizabeth that poor people know that they are living in a rich society?
(a) Advertisements.
(b) Movies.
(c) TV.
(d) Reading books.

12. According to Kozol, students in what racial group are more often categorized with a speech disorder?
(a) White.
(b) Asian.
(c) Black.
(d) Hispanic.

13. According to one teacher at Camden High School, what does the high school proficiency exam control?
(a) School resources.
(b) The classes offered at the school.
(c) Curriculum.
(d) The school's hours of operation.

14. According to the principal, how much does Woodrow Wilson spend yearly on each student?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $3,000.
(d) $4,000.

15. What does the New York Times say the better public schools are intended to do?
(a) Give the rich an alternative to high-priced private schools.
(b) To uphold the school system's high academic standards.
(c) Attract or skim off the more privileged children.
(d) To serve as academic school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason do students give Kozol for dropping out of school in New York?

2. How much money does President H.W. Bush's alma-mater spend per student?

3. What is the fate of Raymond Abbot long after the court's decision is rendered?

4. Why does one of the psychiatrists that Kozol speaks to believe many whites think more money will not help inner city schools?

5. How many students from Woodrow Wilson, according to Kozol, sign up to take the SAT in the spring of 1990 when he visits?

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