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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 Chapter 2: "The Lockdown" that drug offenses alone account for what fraction of the rise in the federal inmate population between 1985 and 2000?
(a) Two-thirds.
(b) Three-fourths.
(c) One-half.
(d) One-third.

2. Why is Jarvious Cotton unable to vote, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) He is unable to pay poll taxes.
(b) He is a felon.
(c) He is a slave.
(d) He is illiterate.

3. When was Alberta Spruill killed in a botched SWAT raid in Harlem?
(a) June 13, 2000.
(b) September 16, 2006.
(c) May 16, 2003.
(d) April 12, 1995.

4. Who wrote Slavery by Another Name?
(a) Loic Wacquant.
(b) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(c) C. Vann Woodward.
(d) Douglas Blackmon.

5. What agency arose in the Reconstruction Era that was charged with the responsibility of providing food, clothing, fuel, and other forms of assistance to former slaves?
(a) The Freedman's Bureau.
(b) NAFTA.
(c) The Amerian Negro's Fund.
(d) The NAACP.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word used in the Introduction refers to the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities?

2. Who was the executive director of the Sentencing Project when the book was written?

3. Who was the governor that was under attack in Bacon's Rebellion?

4. When did the American Civil War begin?

5. In 2005, how many drug arrests were for possession?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does a "consent search" refer to?

2. What were the "black codes" and what impact did they have?

3. What does "Jim Crow" refer to?

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

5. What is Federalism and what role has it played in racial oppression, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?

6. When did Terry v. Ohio go to the Supreme Court? What was the ruling?

7. What percentages do drug offenses account for in the rise of the federal inmate population and state prisoners, according to the author in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?

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

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

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

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