1. Who was the executive director of the Sentencing Project when the book was written?
(a) Richard Roth.
(b) Andrew Stabler.
(c) Jason Alexander.
(d) Marc Mauer.

2. What word used in the Introduction refers to the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities?
(a) Unitarian.
(b) Authoritarian.
(c) Egalitarian.
(d) Utilitarian.

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

4. How did Jarvious Cotton's great-grandfather die?
(a) He was killed in an automobile accident.
(b) He was beaten to death by the Ku Klux Klan.
(c) He was beaten to death by fellow prisoners.
(d) He was killed in a factory accident.

5. 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, economic inequality, and injustice.
(b) Slavery, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration.
(c) Slavery, poverty, and educational oppression.
(d) Slavery, voting rights, and the War on Drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why is Jarvious Cotton unable to vote, according to the author in the Introduction?

3. When did Ronald Reagan officially announce the War on Drugs?

4. What does the author describe printed on a bright orange poster that opened her mind to the themes of the book in the Introduction?

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

(see the answer key)

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