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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Kozol introduce his class to poetry?
(a) Because he did not have any lesson plans.
(b) To reawaken the children's interest in school.
(c) Because he did not have any textbooks in his classroom.
(d) To familiarize students with a different form of literature.

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

4. In the chapter entitled "Life on the Mississippi," what office is described as the largest office in Illinois?
(a) The Welfare Office.
(b) The Lottery Office.
(c) The Unemployment Office.
(d) Health Services.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the population of the town of Sauget?

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

3. How many banks did the Tribune say were located in North Lawndale?

4. What is one way Kozol says children realize they are getting an inferior education?

5. Who does Kozol say is the biggest employer in East St. Louis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the major industries that dump waste into East St. Louis not taxed there?

2. How does Kozol describe the neighborhoods in which the urban schools he visited were located?

3. Why does Kozol decide to leave teaching and focus on other social issues?

4. What financial cuts are proposed for the schools in East St. Louis? Why do cuts have to be made to the schools in East St. Louis? Who is responsible for making the cuts?

5. Compare Coral Hawkins to the gospel teacher at Mary McLeod Bethune School.

6. What reasons does Irl Solomon give for young teachers not staying at Martin Luther King Jr. High?

7. How do many of the children know that they are receiving an inferior education? What happens to many of the children after they realize they are receiving an inferior education?

8. Why is employment limited in East St. Louis?

9. How does Kozol describe East St. Louis?

10. Compare Baldwin's experience teaching in the urban school district in Boston and the suburban school district west of Boston.

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