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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. In the Introduction, the author attests that how many people in Germany are in prison for every 100,000 adults and children?
(a) 19.
(b) 116.
(c) 93.
(d) 215.

2. When did Congress, at the behest of Ronald Reagan, revise the program that provides federal aid to law enforcement, renaming it the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1992.

3. What years comprised the Reconstruction Era?
(a) 1865-1877.
(b) 1864-1872.
(c) 1866-1880.
(d) 1866-1875.

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

5. 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 four.
(b) One in five.
(c) One in ten.
(d) One in three.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the American Civil War begin?

2. What was Terrance Bostick found to be carrying on a Greyhound Bus in the case of Florida v. Bostick?

3. What Constitutional Amendment prohibits states from denying citizens due process and "equal protection of the law"?

4. Why is Jarvious Cotton unable to vote, according to the author in the Introduction?

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

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