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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author asserts in the Introduction that one in how many young African American men are currently under the control of the criminal justice system--in prison, in jail, on probation, or on parole?
(a) One in three.
(b) One in four.
(c) One in five.
(d) One in ten.

2. The author states in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," "Any candid observer of American racial history must acknowledge that racism is highly" what?
(a) "Rigid."
(b) "Obtuse."
(c) "Lamentable."
(d) "Adaptable."

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Alberta Spruill killed in a botched SWAT raid in Harlem?

2. What term is used in the book to describe "a traffic stop motivated not by any desire to enforce traffic laws, but instead motivated by a desire to hunt for drugs in the absence of any evidence of illegal drug activity"?

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

4. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaw?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution declare?

2. How did the concept of "race" emerge in America, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?

3. What obstacle does the Barack Obama presidency present for civil rights advocates, according to the author in the Introduction?

4. How does the author define "caste"? What is meant by "racial caste"?

5. How has the U.S. penal population changed from 1980 to today?

6. How do incarceration rates in the U.S. compare with those in other countries across the globe?

7. What did the Supreme Court case of Florida v. Bostick establish?

8. What is the Ku Klux Klan? What did the Ku Klux Klan acts dictate?

9. What are "pretext stops"? How are they employed in the War on Drugs?

10. How does the author use Jarvious Cotton as an example in the Introduction to The New Jim Crow?

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