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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the three major racialized systems of control adopted by the United States toward African Americans, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) Slavery, poverty, and educational oppression.
(b) Slavery, economic inequality, and injustice.
(c) Slavery, voting rights, and the War on Drugs.
(d) Slavery, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration.

2. 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) "Racism."
(b) "Poverty."
(c) "Confidentiality."
(d) "Genocide."

3. 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) "Mass Incarceration is the New Jim Crow."
(c) "Affirmative Action is the New Jim Crow."
(d) "Racism Still Exists Today."

4. What question does the author say the book explores in Chapter 1?
(a) "Why are we here?"
(b) "Where do we go next?"
(c) "How did we get here?"
(d) "How do we face and address the past?"

5. When did California modify the Three Strikes Law with Proposition 36?
(a) 2013.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2015.
(d) 2012.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the major conference held called "Why We Can't Wait: Reversing the Retreat on Civil Rights"?

2. 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?

3. 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"?

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

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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