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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 does the author describe the raid at Stratford High School in Goose Creek, South Carolina as having taken place in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) July, 1993.
(b) August, 2005.
(c) November, 2003.
(d) March, 1999.

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

3. 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?
(a) One in ten.
(b) One in five.
(c) One in four.
(d) One in three.

4. What Supreme Court Justice dissented on the ruling in Terry v. Ohio?
(a) Justice Woodward.
(b) Justice Douglas.
(c) Justice Bennett.
(d) Justice Blackmon.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom is the following quote that opens Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste" attributed: "The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery"?

3. Who described The Strange Career of Jim Crow as the "historical bible of the Civil Rights Movement"?

4. Where was Terrance Bostick traveling on a Greyhound bus when he was arrested?

5. When was the ruling in Florida v. Bostick decided?

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