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

2. When was the ruling in Florida v. Bostick decided?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1996.

3. How many people does the author say are in prison or jail for a drug offense today in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) Approximately six million.
(b) Approximately 100,000.
(c) Approximately two million.
(d) Approximately half a million.

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

5. When did California pass Proposition 184, the Three Strikes Law?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1988.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

2. When did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Harris that the Klan Act was partially unconstitutional?

3. What years comprised the Reconstruction Era?

4. What does "caste" refer to?

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

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