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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. Approximately how many people have been arrested for drug offenses since the drug war began, according to the author in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) About 20 million.
(b) About 10 million.
(c) Over 35 million.
(d) Over 31 million.

2. How many SWAT team deployments were sent out for paramilitary drug raids in 2001?
(a) 32,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 25,000.

3. Where did Nathaniel Bacon live as a property owner?
(a) Province of New Jersey.
(b) Jamestown, Virginia.
(c) Bermuda.
(d) Roanoke, Virginia.

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

5. The author states in her Introduction, "Conversations about class are resisted in part because there is a tendency to imagine that one's class reflects upon" what?
(a) "One's character."
(b) "One's race."
(c) One's history."
(d) "One's income."

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Schneckloth v. Bustamonte decided?

2. When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

3. What was the dominant means of securing cheap labor in the early colonial period in America, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?

4. 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"?

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

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