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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. Why did Sam Morgan, principal of East St. Louis High, not attend the school as a student?
(a) It was an all-white high school.
(b) He did not grow up in East St. Louis.
(c) The school was not built when he was in high school.
(d) He lived to far way to attend the school.
2. What are the major industries in Sauget besides the chemical plants?
(a) Funeral homes and car dealerships.
(b) Liquor stores and an outlet for the lottery.
(c) Prison and cigarette manufacturers.
(d) Topless joints and an outlet for the lottery.
3. What is the name of the Villa Griffin child whose sister was murdered by a friend of the mother?
(a) Little Sister.
(b) Mickey.
(c) Serena.
(d) Smokey.
4. What reason did the Post-Dispatch give for the evacuation of Martin Luther King Junior High School in the early spring of 1989?
(a) Sewage in the school.
(b) The emission of toxic chemicals.
(c) Fires in the kitchen.
(d) Lead in the drinking water.
5. What does Sister Julia say that the nicest house in the Villa Griffin homes is used for?
(a) A whorehouse.
(b) A foster home.
(c) A motel.
(d) A government welfare office.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the racial makeup of 98 percent of the population in East St. Louis?
2. What reason does Warren Franczyk, principal of Mary McLeod Bethune School, give for teachers losing their high school jobs in North Lawndale?
3. What public service does Kozol mention that East St. Louis lacks?
4. What does Kozol say lottery proceeds go towards?
5. According to Kozol, how are East St. Louis and Lawndale similar?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the pre-desegregation of schools compare to the post-desegregation?
2. What problems exist at Martin Luther King High School in East St. Louis?
3. How does Coral Hawkins stand out from most of the teachers Kozol meets at Mary McLeod Bethune School?
4. Why does Kozol decide to leave teaching and focus on other social issues?
5. Why does Kozol say he wrote the book Savage Inequalities?
6. Compare Coral Hawkins to the gospel teacher at Mary McLeod Bethune School.
7. What reasons does Irl Solomon give for young teachers not staying at Martin Luther King Jr. High?
8. How does Kozol describe the township of Sauget?
9. Why does the author think that many wealthy people think it is okay if poor children receive fewer advantages?
10. What type of health issues exist in East St. Louis? Why do these illnesses exist?
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