What is this expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education." What evidence from the text best supports this conclusion?
Education is a main tool in helping a child adjust normally to his or her environment.
Today's laws require students to attend school.
Education is a right, which must be made available to all on equal terms.
Our society spends a great amount of money on education.
4Why might Chief Justice Earl Warren have started the Court's opinion with a discussion about the equalization of "tangible factors" across black and white schools?
to emphasize that black and white schools are actually equally protected under the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment
to explain why the Court chose to look at the effect of separating races on public education when making its decision about the case
to hint that the Court believes that the doctrine of "separate but equal" is functioning correctly and fairly
to express his annoyance about the way differences in those tangible factors affect the hearts and minds of children
5What is the main idea of this text?
The Court unanimously decided that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.
Education awakens children to cultural values and helps them to adjust normally to their environments.
Education is the most important function of state and local governments.
6Read these sentences from the text:
"To separate [children in grade schools and high schools] from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely to ever be undone. [... T]his finding is amply supported by modern authority."

Why might Chief Justice Earl Warren have pointed out that "this finding" about how separation creates a feeling of inferiority is supported by modern authority?
to imply that modern authorities are very trustworthy
to emphasize the importance of supporting one's findings with evidence
to help convince readers and listeners that the finding is true
to suggest that he disagrees with the finding and the modern authority that supports it
7Read these sentences from the text:
"In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms."

What word or phrase could replace the words “Such an opportunity” in the second sentence without changing its meaning?
The opportunity for success
The opportunity of an education
The opportunity for life
The opportunity of equality
8Read the last paragraph of the Court's opinion.
What did the Court conclude about separate educational facilities?
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9According to the third paragraph of the Court's opinion, how does separating children in schools because of their race affect those children?
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10How does each of the first three paragraphs of the Court's opinion contribute to the conclusion drawn in the last paragraph about separate educational facilities?
Support your answer with evidence from the text.
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