1. When was Ora Lee Hurley imprisoned for owing a fine, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2011.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1999.

2. To whom is the following quote that opens Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste" attributed: "The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery"?
(a) Frederick Douglass.
(b) Martin Luther King Jr.
(c) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(d) Malcolm X.

3. When was Swain v. Alabama decided?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1992.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1973.

4. Who was the executive director of the Sentencing Project when the book was written?
(a) Jason Alexander.
(b) Richard Roth.
(c) Marc Mauer.
(d) Andrew Stabler.

5. When did Bacon's Rebellion take place?
(a) 1720.
(b) 1676.
(c) 1692.
(d) 1723.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Urban League's 1990 report, "The State of Black America," it stated, "There is at least one concept that must be recognized if one is to see the pervasive and insidious nature of the drug problem for the African American community. Though difficult to accept, that is the concept of" what?

2. In the Introduction, the author attests that how many people in Germany are in prison for every 100,000 adults and children?

3. Federal law provides that a child-support enforcement officer can garnish up to what percent of an individual's wages for child support?

4. When did the American Civil War end by proclamation?

5. When was the ruling for Terry v. Ohio decided?

(see the answer key)

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