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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface and Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Jarvious Cotton unable to vote, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) He is illiterate.
(b) He is unable to pay poll taxes.
(c) He is a felon.
(d) He is a slave.

3. 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?
(a) "More than 2 million."
(b) "Almost 1 million."
(c) "More than 3 million."
(d) "Nearly 1.5 million."

4. When did the National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals release a recommendation that "no new institutions for adults should be build and existing institutions for juveniles should be closed"?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1976.

5. During the time she worked at the ACLU, Michelle Alexander's focus shifted from employment discrimination to what focus?
(a) Affirmative action.
(b) Criminal justice reform.
(c) Education reform.
(d) Tax reform.

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. What word used in the Introduction refers to the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities?

3. The author asserts in the Introduction that one in how many young African American men are currently under the control of the criminal justice system--in prison, in jail, on probation, or on parole?

4. How did Jarvious Cotton's great-grandfather die?

5. When did the CIA admit that guerilla armies it actively supported in Nicaragua were smuggling crack cocaine into the United States?

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