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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were Michael Whren and James Brown stopped by plainclothes officers and searched?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1988.

2. 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?
(a) "Racism."
(b) "Confidentiality."
(c) "Poverty."
(d) "Genocide."

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

4. What state supreme court issued a landmark decision in the case of Ruffin v. Commonwealth?
(a) The Virginia Supreme Court.
(b) The Arkansas Supreme Court.
(c) The Mississippi Supreme Court.
(d) The Louisiana Supreme Court.

5. Where did Warren McCleskey commit the crime he was accused of?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Texas.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Edward Clary stopped and searched when he was 18?

2. When was The Strange Career of Jim Crow published?

3. Why is Jarvious Cotton unable to vote, according to the author in the Introduction?

4. About what percentage of offenders and ex-offenders are high school dropouts, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?

5. In 2006, one in how many African American men was behind bars?

(see the answer key)

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