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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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, voting rights, and the War on Drugs.
(c) Slavery, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration.
(d) Slavery, economic inequality, and injustice.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the executive director of the Sentencing Project when the book was written?

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

4. In the Introduction, the author attests that how many people in Germany are in prison for every 100,000 adults and children?

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

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