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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1997, the Pentagon handed over how many pieces of military equipment to local police departments?
(a) Over 1.2 million.
(b) Over 1.6 million.
(c) Over 1.8 million.
(d) About 3 million.

2. What Supreme Court Justice said of the Florida v. Bostick case that "the basis of the decision to single out particular passengers during a suspicionless sweep is less likely to be inarticulate than unspeakable"?
(a) Justice William Brennan.
(b) Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(c) Justice Thurgood Marshall.
(d) Justice Earl Warren.

3. According to the author in the Introduction, how many people are in prison in the United States per 100,000?
(a) 750.
(b) 250.
(c) 560.
(d) 500.

4. What Constitutional Amendment prohibits states from denying citizens due process and "equal protection of the law"?
(a) The 15th Amendment.
(b) The 12th Amendment.
(c) The 14th Amendment.
(d) The 13th Amendment.

5. When was the ruling in Florida v. Bostick decided?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1996.

6. When was Operation Pipeline launched?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1982.

7. What was Terrance Bostick found to be carrying on a Greyhound Bus in the case of Florida v. Bostick?
(a) A pound of marijuana.
(b) A pound of cocaine.
(c) A pound of heroin.
(d) A pound of quaaludes.

8. What does "caste" refer to?
(a) A system of dividing society into hereditary classes.
(b) A system of dividing society into racial classes.
(c) A system of dividing society into economic classes.
(d) A system of dividing society into educational classes.

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

10. Where was Terrance Bostick traveling on a Greyhound bus when he was arrested?
(a) To Little Rock.
(b) To Memphis.
(c) To Atlanta.
(d) To Los Angeles.

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

12. When did Ronald Reagan officially announce the War on Drugs?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1982.

13. How many people does the author say are in prison or jail for a drug offense today in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) Approximately half a million.
(b) Approximately 100,000.
(c) Approximately two million.
(d) Approximately six million.

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

15. Between 1980 and 2000, the number of people incarcerated in prisons in the U.S. went from about 300,000 to how many?
(a) About 1 million.
(b) Over 3 million.
(c) Over 2 million.
(d) Over 4 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the dominant means of securing cheap labor in the early colonial period in America, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?

2. What group of people is the focus of The New Jim Crow, according to the author in her Introduction?

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

4. 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?

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

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