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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word used in the Introduction refers to the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities?
(a) Unitarian.
(b) Utilitarian.
(c) Egalitarian.
(d) Authoritarian.

3. 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.

4. When was Schneckloth v. Bustamonte decided?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1962.

5. When was the Anti-Drug Abuse Act passed that called for strict lease enforcement and eviction of public housing tenants who engage in criminal activity?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1975.

Short Answer Questions

1. Federal law provides that a child-support enforcement officer can garnish up to what percent of an individual's wages for child support?

2. Where was the conflict labor camp the Parchman Farm established?

3. The author states in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," "Any candid observer of American racial history must acknowledge that racism is highly" what?

4. How did Jarvious Cotton's great-grandfather die?

5. Who was the former director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy that stated that if your child bought drugs, "it was from a student of their own race generally"?

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