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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. The author states in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice," "Human Rights Watch reported in 2000 that, in seven states, African Americans constitute" what percent "of all drug offenders sent to prison"?
(a) 50 to 60%.
(b) 60 to 70%.
(c) 80 to 90%.
(d) 70 to 80%.

2. When does the author describe the drunk driving accident in Kentucky that left 27 people dead in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1993.

3. In 2006, one in how many African American men was behind bars?
(a) 29.
(b) 20.
(c) 14.
(d) 106.

4. According to the author in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice," white youth have about how many times the number of drug-related emergency room visits as their African American counterparts?
(a) Four times.
(b) Two times.
(c) Three times.
(d) Five times.

5. Who is the co-founder of the See Forever charter school that is quoted in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?
(a) James Forman Jr.
(b) C. Vann Woodward.
(c) John Edgar Wideman.
(d) William Berkeley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the defendants in Yick Wo v. Hopkins accused of doing?

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?

3. Who coined the term "invisible punishment" to describe the plight faced by former inmates trapped in the criminal justice system?

4. When did the American Civil War begin?

5. What writer is attributed to the following quote from Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow": "It's respectable to tar and feather criminals, to advocate locking them up and thowing away the key. It's not racist to be against crime, even though the archetypal criminal in the media and the public imagination almost always wears Willie Horton's face"?

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