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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act passed that differentiated marijuana from other narcotics?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1972.

2. The author asserts in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice" that in the federal system, homicide offenders account for 0.4% of the past decade's growth in the federal prison population while drug offenders account for what percent of that expansion?
(a) 61%.
(b) 53%.
(c) 76%.
(d) 29%.

3. Where is the See Forever charter school for juvenile offenders?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) New York City.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Washington, D.C.

4. One in how many black men between the ages of 20-35 was behind bars in 2006?
(a) 16.
(b) Nine.
(c) 42.
(d) 29.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author uses a metaphor in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow" to describe the circumstances of white Americans who are harmed by the War on Drugs. To whom are these white Americans compared?

2. Where did Clifford Runoalds return home to attend the funeral of his 18-month-old daughter after he was busted in a drug sweep, according to the author in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice"?

3. Approximately what percentage of people sentenced to prison in Illinois for a drug offense are African American, according to the author in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?

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

5. Who wrote The Strange Career of Jim Crow?

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