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

2. When was Swain v. Alabama decided?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1965.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1973.

3. Who wrote Slavery by Another Name?
(a) C. Vann Woodward.
(b) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(c) Loic Wacquant.
(d) Douglas Blackmon.

4. When did the CIA admit that guerilla armies it actively supported in Nicaragua were smuggling crack cocaine into the United States?
(a) 1992.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1985.

5. How old was Emma Faye Stewart when she was arrested as part of a drug sweep, according to the author in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice"?
(a) 35.
(b) 25.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose quote opens the section "The Birth of Slavery" in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?

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

3. What agency arose in the Reconstruction Era that was charged with the responsibility of providing food, clothing, fuel, and other forms of assistance to former slaves?

4. According to criminologist Peter Kraska, how many cases of flawed paramilitary raids reached the appellate level between 1989 and 2001?

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

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