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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did California pass Proposition 184, the Three Strikes Law?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1988.

2. What does the author describe printed on a bright orange poster that opened her mind to the themes of the book in the Introduction?
(a) "The Drug War is the New Jim Crow."
(b) "Affirmative Action is the New Jim Crow."
(c) "Racism Still Exists Today."
(d) "Mass Incarceration is the New Jim Crow."

3. What years comprised the Reconstruction Era?
(a) 1866-1880.
(b) 1864-1872.
(c) 1865-1877.
(d) 1866-1875.

4. When did the CIA admit that guerilla armies it actively supported in Nicaragua were smuggling crack cocaine into the United States?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1985.

5. What does "caste" refer to?
(a) A system of dividing society into racial classes.
(b) A system of dividing society into educational classes.
(c) A system of dividing society into economic classes.
(d) A system of dividing society into hereditary classes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did California modify the Three Strikes Law with Proposition 36?

2. What term became ascribed to American Indians as a way of justifying their eradication, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?

3. Where did crack cocaine first emerge in poor black neighborhoods in the United States before spreading elsewhere?

4. Where was the conflict labor camp the Parchman Farm established?

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

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