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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the former principal of East Side High School that was praised by U.S. Education Secretary William Bennett?
(a) James Richmond.
(b) John Brown.
(c) Jim Johnson.
(d) Joe Clark.

2. Which school did President George H.W. Bush attend?
(a) Phillips Academy.
(b) St. Johns Academy.
(c) Dearborne Academy.
(d) Dearfield Academy.

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

4. What does John Coons of the University of California, Berkeley say all children technically are?
(a) Obedient.
(b) Rich.
(c) Poor.
(d) Educated.

5. According to Kozol, what statistic does New York find hard to track?
(a) The number of students enrolled in urban public schools.
(b) The actual dropout rate.
(c) The races and ethnicities of the students in the public school system.
(d) The actual number of teachers in the system.

6. Why does one of the psychiatrists that Kozol speaks to believe many whites think more money will not help inner city schools?
(a) Because they believe that non-whites do not deserve a better education.
(b) Because they believe that poor blacks should not be allowed in white schools.
(c) Because they believe that a good education should be reserved for the rich.
(d) Because they believe non-whites are actually born inferior.

7. What type of early child care program can the principal at PS79 not start at his school?
(a) Pre-kindergarten.
(b) Head Start program.
(c) Morning kindergarten.
(d) Even State program.

8. Who said that Americans allow all of their children the things they need to compete at the highest levels of success?
(a) Lord Acton.
(b) Langston Hughes.
(c) Martin Luther King.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

9. 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) Reading books.
(c) TV.
(d) Movies.

10. What does Kozol say Camden's entire property wealth of $250 million is less than the value of?
(a) One country club in Cherry Hill.
(b) One upscale department store on New York City's Fifth Avenue.
(c) One casino in Atlantic City.
(d) One school in the suburbs of Camden.

11. Which citiy sits across the Delaware River from Camden?
(a) Dover, DE.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Philadelphia, PA.
(d) Trenton, NJ.

12. What reason do students give Kozol for dropping out of school in New York?
(a) They did not like their teachers.
(b) They felt unknown in their schools.
(c) They felt that school was not for them.
(d) The did not get good grades.

13. After speaking to the kindergarten class at PS79, Kozol learns that one of the African-American boys in the class travels how long each day to get to school?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 2 hours.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the girls does the principal in Anacostia say will be pregnant by the fifth grade?

2. According to Kozol, what does the city of New York supply each ghetto school with?

3. According to Kozol, students in what racial group are more often categorized as retarded?

4. According to Kozol, what is the estimated worth of the education a child receives in the inner city of New York?

5. What does the principal of Tunisia's school say she sees children doing in order to have something to eat at home?

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