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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. According to criminologist Peter Kraska, how many cases of flawed paramilitary raids reached the appellate level between 1989 and 2001?
(a) 290.
(b) 780.
(c) 350.
(d) 620.

2. 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"?
(a) White slavery.
(b) Feudalism.
(c) Native American slavery.
(d) Indentured servitude.

3. When was Operation Pipeline launched?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1995.

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

5. What were the defendants in Yick Wo v. Hopkins accused of doing?
(a) Operating restaurants without licenses.
(b) Murder and kidnapping.
(c) Forgery and extortion.
(d) Operating laundries without licenses.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the time she worked at the ACLU, Michelle Alexander's focus shifted from employment discrimination to what focus?

2. What sentence did Edward Clary originally receive for possession of crack cocaine when he was 18?

3. Who wrote Slavery by Another Name?

4. The author asserts in The New Jim Crow that no one has more power in the criminal justice system than whom?

5. When was the case of Yick Wo v. Hopkins decided?

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