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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. Where was Ora Lee Hurley imprisoned?
(a) Houston.
(b) Little Rock.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Atlanta.

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

3. When were Michael Whren and James Brown stopped by plainclothes officers and searched?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1999.

4. In the Urban League's 1990 report, "The State of Black America," it stated, "There is at least one concept that must be recognized if one is to see the pervasive and insidious nature of the drug problem for the African American community. Though difficult to accept, that is the concept of" what?
(a) "Genocide."
(b) "Confidentiality."
(c) "Racism."
(d) "Poverty."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Swain v. Alabama decided?

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

3. When did the article "Where Have the Black Men Gone" appear in Ebony magazine?

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

5. When does the author describe the raid at Stratford High School in Goose Creek, South Carolina as having taken place in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?

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