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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what crime(s) did Warren McCleskey face the death penalty?
(a) Killing a police officer.
(b) Murder and armed robbery.
(c) Serial murder.
(d) Kidnapping and extortion.

2. In Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow" the author describes a speech that Barack Obama gave during his presidential campaign. Where was the speech given?
(a) The First Episcopal Church.
(b) The Apostolic Church of God.
(c) The New Life Christian Science Church.
(d) The New Zion Church of God.

3. What sociologist is cited as saying in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand" that those sent to prison "are institutionally branded as a particular class of individuals"?
(a) Devah Pager.
(b) C. Vann Woodward.
(c) Lerone Bennett Jr.
(d) William Berkeley.

4. How much was the fine that Ora Lee Hurley owed and was imprisoned for being unable to pay?
(a) $705.
(b) $816.
(c) $345.
(d) $500.

5. When was Clinton Drake arrested for possession of marijuana?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1992.

6. The author notes in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand" that two-thirds of people detained in jails report annual incomes under what amount prior to their arrests?
(a) Under $20,000.
(b) Under $10,000.
(c) Under $12,000.
(d) Under $5,000.

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

8. Who is attributed to the quote in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow," "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity"?
(a) William Berkeley.
(b) John Edgar Wideman.
(c) Martin Luther King Jr.
(d) W. E. B. Du Bois.

9. When was the Anti-Drug Abuse Act passed that called for strict lease enforcement and eviction of public housing tenants who engage in criminal activity?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1988.

10. What percentage of professional black women are unmarried today, according to the author in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?
(a) 50%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 70%.

11. The quote from Frederick Douglass that opens Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand" was a part of a statement on behalf of delegates to the National Colored Convention held when?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1845.

12. Who coined the term "invisible punishment" to describe the plight faced by former inmates trapped in the criminal justice system?
(a) Devah Pager.
(b) C. Vann Woodward.
(c) Frederick Douglass.
(d) Jeremy Travis.

13. What percentage of those arrested for drunk driving in 1990 were white men?
(a) 78%.
(b) 65%.
(c) 89%.
(d) 67%.

14. Who is the author of Doing Time on the Outside?
(a) Devah Pager.
(b) Donald Braman.
(c) Marc Mauer.
(d) C. Vann Woodward.

15. Who wrote The Anatomy of Racial Inequality?
(a) Loic Wacquant.
(b) Glenn Loury.
(c) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(d) C. Vann Woodward.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the article "Where Have the Black Men Gone" appear in Ebony magazine?

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

3. In what year was the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act passed that differentiated marijuana from other narcotics?

4. What fraction of the young black male population in the United States today are unemployed, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?

5. Where was Christopher Lee Armstrong when his motel was raided for drugs?

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