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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how many people were in prison or jail for a drug offense in 1980?
(a) 35,250.
(b) 25,900.
(c) 29,350.
(d) 41,100.

2. When was the ruling for Terry v. Ohio decided?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1973.

3. Who is the former executive director of the National Center for Institutions and Alternatives that is cited as saying, "There are certain code words that allow you never to have to say 'race' but everybody knows that's what you mean"?
(a) Marc Mauer.
(b) Lerone Bennett Jr.
(c) C. Vann Woodward.
(d) Jerome Miller.

4. When was the ruling in Florida v. Bostick decided?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1999.

5. The author asserts in The New Jim Crow that no one has more power in the criminal justice system than whom?
(a) Defendants.
(b) Defense attorneys.
(c) Judges.
(d) Prosecutors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between 1980 and 2000, the number of people incarcerated in prisons in the U.S. went from about 300,000 to how many?

2. When did California pass Proposition 184, the Three Strikes Law?

3. When was Christopher Lee Armstrong's motel room raided, leading to his arrest for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine?

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?

5. In her Introduction, the author writes, "The impact of the drug war has been astounding. In less than 30 years, the U.S penal population exploded from around 300,000 to" how many?

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