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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. When was Ora Lee Hurley imprisoned for owing a fine, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2006.

2. What does the author describe printed on a bright orange poster that opened her mind to the themes of the book in the Introduction?
(a) "Affirmative Action is the New Jim Crow."
(b) "The Drug War is the New Jim Crow."
(c) "Mass Incarceration is the New Jim Crow."
(d) "Racism Still Exists Today."

3. How much was the fine that Ora Lee Hurley owed and was imprisoned for being unable to pay?
(a) $705.
(b) $500.
(c) $816.
(d) $345.

4. 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"?
(a) Douglas Blackmon.
(b) Marc Mauer.
(c) Barry McCaffrey.
(d) George Wallace.

5. 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) 1992.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1999.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Supreme Court Justice dissented on the ruling in Terry v. Ohio?

2. About what percentage of offenders and ex-offenders are high school dropouts, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?

3. How many drug arrests took place nationally in 2005?

4. When was Swain v. Alabama decided?

5. Where was Ora Lee Hurley imprisoned?

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