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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: "The Lockdown".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Ronald Reagan officially announce the War on Drugs?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1988.

2. What does "caste" refer to?
(a) A system of dividing society into educational classes.
(b) A system of dividing society into economic classes.
(c) A system of dividing society into racial classes.
(d) A system of dividing society into hereditary classes.

3. In 2005, how many drug arrests were for possession?
(a) One out of three.
(b) Two out of five.
(c) Three out of five.
(d) Four out of five.

4. When did the CIA admit that guerilla armies it actively supported in Nicaragua were smuggling crack cocaine into the United States?
(a) 1985.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1998.

5. When was Alberta Spruill killed in a botched SWAT raid in Harlem?
(a) June 13, 2000.
(b) September 16, 2006.
(c) May 16, 2003.
(d) April 12, 1995.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between 1980 and 2000, the number of people incarcerated in prisons in the U.S. went from about 300,000 to how many?

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

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

4. When were Michael Whren and James Brown stopped by plainclothes officers and searched?

5. 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?

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