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

2. What was Terrance Bostick found to be carrying on a Greyhound Bus in the case of Florida v. Bostick?
(a) A pound of quaaludes.
(b) A pound of marijuana.
(c) A pound of heroin.
(d) A pound of cocaine.

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

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

5. When was the major conference held called "Why We Can't Wait: Reversing the Retreat on Civil Rights"?
(a) July, 2001.
(b) June, 2004.
(c) October, 2007.
(d) March, 2008.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Slavery by Another Name?

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

4. What question does the author say the book explores in Chapter 1?

5. By the end of 2007, how many Americans were behind bars, on probation, or on parole, according to the author in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?

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