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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. How did Jarvious Cotton's great-grandfather die?
(a) He was beaten to death by the Ku Klux Klan.
(b) He was killed in a factory accident.
(c) He was killed in an automobile accident.
(d) He was beaten to death by fellow prisoners.

2. What U.S. Constitutional Amendment provided that the right to vote should not be denied on account of race?
(a) The 16th Amendment.
(b) The 14th Amendment.
(c) The 15th Amendment.
(d) The 12th Amendment.

3. When did Ronald Reagan officially announce the War on Drugs?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1984.

4. 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) 20.
(b) 25.
(c) 30.
(d) 35.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2006, one in how many African American men was behind bars?

2. How many U.S. states prohibit all employers and licensing agencies from considering arrests, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?

3. When was The Strange Career of Jim Crow published?

4. Approximately how many people have been arrested for drug offenses since the drug war began, according to the author in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?

5. What sociologist is cited as saying in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand" that those sent to prison "are institutionally branded as a particular class of individuals"?

(see the answer key)

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