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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. Where did crack cocaine first emerge in poor black neighborhoods in the United States before spreading elsewhere?
(a) New York.
(b) Tuscon.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Chicago.

2. What were the defendants in Yick Wo v. Hopkins accused of doing?
(a) Murder and kidnapping.
(b) Operating restaurants without licenses.
(c) Forgery and extortion.
(d) Operating laundries without licenses.

3. What Constitutional Amendment prohibits states from denying citizens due process and "equal protection of the law"?
(a) The 14th Amendment.
(b) The 13th Amendment.
(c) The 15th Amendment.
(d) The 12th Amendment.

4. Approximately how many people have been arrested for drug offenses since the drug war began, according to the author in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) About 20 million.
(b) About 10 million.
(c) Over 31 million.
(d) Over 35 million.

5. How many drug arrests took place nationally in 2005?
(a) 2.5 million.
(b) 3.5 million.
(c) 1.5 million.
(d) 1 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in the Introduction, how many people are in prison in the United States per 100,000?

2. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

3. Who is attributed to the following quotation in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice": "there is no immaculate perception"?

4. In 2006, one in how many African American men was behind bars?

5. To whom is the following quote that opens Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste" attributed: "The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery"?

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