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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: "The Fire This Time".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

2. When was The Strange Career of Jim Crow published?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1959.

3. By the end of 2007, how many Americans were behind bars, on probation, or on parole, according to the author in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) About 5 million.
(b) Over 7 million.
(c) Over 8 million.
(d) About 3 million.

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

5. For what crime(s) did Warren McCleskey face the death penalty?
(a) Murder and armed robbery.
(b) Serial murder.
(c) Killing a police officer.
(d) Kidnapping and extortion.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Bacon's Rebellion take place?

2. Who described The Strange Career of Jim Crow as the "historical bible of the Civil Rights Movement"?

3. How many SWAT team deployments were sent out for paramilitary drug raids in 2001?

4. What legal scholar and former NAACP Legal Defense Fund lawyer argued in a 1976 Yale Law Journal article that civil rights lawyers were pursuing their own agendas in school desegregation cases even then they conflicted with their clients' desires?

5. Who said that "power concedes nothing without a demand; it never has and it never will"?

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