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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the American Civil War begin?
(a) January 1, 1866.
(b) April 12, 1861.
(c) March 1, 1863.
(d) September 16, 1862.

2. Where was the conflict labor camp the Parchman Farm established?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Texas.
(d) Arkansas.

3. When did the CIA admit that guerilla armies it actively supported in Nicaragua were smuggling crack cocaine into the United States?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1992.

4. What group of people is the focus of The New Jim Crow, according to the author in her Introduction?
(a) African American men.
(b) White American men.
(c) Latinos and other immigrants.
(d) African American women.

5. Whose quote opens the section "The Birth of Slavery" in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
(a) Malcolm X's.
(b) Lerone Bennett Jr.'s.
(c) Martin Luther King Jr.'s.
(d) Frederick Douglass's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does the author say the book explores in Chapter 1?

2. Who was the executive director of the Sentencing Project when the book was written?

3. According to the author in the Introduction, how many people are in prison in the United States per 100,000?

4. When did the National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals release a recommendation that "no new institutions for adults should be build and existing institutions for juveniles should be closed"?

5. In her Introduction, the author writes, "The impact of the drug war has been astounding. In less than 30 years, the U.S penal population exploded from around 300,000 to" how many?

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