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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the school administrator at Morris High School in the South Bronx encourage the supposedly slow children to express themselves?

2. What type of facility is missing from Camden High School?

3. How many students attend PS261 daily?

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

5. What is the race of the non-white children in the accelerated classes at the school in Riverdale?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the judge respond to the class-action suit filed by the parent's of Raymond Abbot?

2. Describe the Milliken v. Bradley case's appeal to Supreme Court.

3. Why would the students at Woodrow Wilson High want to remain there rather than attending a school with better resources?

4. Why does Kozol think that inner city problems would not be totally solved by better schools?

5. Who is Joe Clark? What role did he play in the New Jersey public school system?

6. Describe PS 79.

7. How does Kozol describe the situation at Asbury Park and Irvington?

8. How does Kozol describe the Anacostia neighborhood where Harper and her mother live?

9. What similarity exist between selective schools in New York and Chicago?

10. What does Tunisia, a student at Anacostia Elementary School, say that she would do if she had money? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Kozol get mad at business leaders who have the capability to assist poor urban public schools? What do business leaders do to contribute to the systematic problems that exist in the public school system? How do legislators contribute to the problems that exist in the public school system? Please use specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Kozol focuses on state and federal regulation of schools. In what ways do the states regulate the schools? In what ways does the federal government regulate American school system? How are these responsibilities divided amongst the state and federal entities? Please use specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

In various areas, Kozol speaks with adults about the health of the students that attend the poor urban schools and that live in the community. What types of illnesses do the adults mention children having in the various cities that Kozol visits? How do the students get these illnesses? Based on the book, how do you think these illness effect children's education? What can be done to improve the health of students in these various urban cities? Please use specific examples from the book.

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