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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 did California pass Proposition 184, the Three Strikes Law?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1988.

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

3. What was Terrance Bostick found to be carrying on a Greyhound Bus in the case of Florida v. Bostick?
(a) A pound of cocaine.
(b) A pound of marijuana.
(c) A pound of quaaludes.
(d) A pound of heroin.

4. Approximately how many people were in prison or jail for a drug offense in 1980?
(a) 35,250.
(b) 25,900.
(c) 41,100.
(d) 29,350.

5. In what year did a federal grand jury determine that the Ku Klux Klan was a "terrorist organization" and issue hundreds of indictments for crimes of violence and terrorism?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1870.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1865.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe printed on a bright orange poster that opened her mind to the themes of the book in the Introduction?

2. When was Christopher Lee Armstrong's motel room raided, leading to his arrest for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine?

3. When were Michael Whren and James Brown stopped by plainclothes officers and searched?

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

5. When did California modify the Three Strikes Law with Proposition 36?

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