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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. Between 1980 and 2000, the number of people incarcerated in prisons in the U.S. went from about 300,000 to how many?
(a) Over 2 million.
(b) About 1 million.
(c) Over 4 million.
(d) Over 3 million.

2. What question does the author say the book explores in Chapter 1?
(a) "Why are we here?"
(b) "How did we get here?"
(c) "How do we face and address the past?"
(d) "Where do we go next?"

3. Federal law provides that a child-support enforcement officer can garnish up to what percent of an individual's wages for child support?
(a) Up to 15%.
(b) Up to 50%.
(c) Up to 65%.
(d) Up to 45%.

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

5. Who is the author of Doing Time on the Outside?
(a) Devah Pager.
(b) Marc Mauer.
(c) C. Vann Woodward.
(d) Donald Braman.

Short Answer Questions

1. In June of 2001, how many more black men were in the Illinois state prison system than were enrolled in the state's public universities?

2. Where is the All of Us or None organization based?

3. In what year was the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act passed that differentiated marijuana from other narcotics?

4. Who is the co-founder of the See Forever charter school that is quoted in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?

5. What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures?

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