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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. In her Introduction, the author writes, "The impact of the drug war has been astounding. In less than 30 years, the U.S penal population exploded from around 300,000 to" how many?
(a) "More than 2 million."
(b) "More than 3 million."
(c) "Almost 1 million."
(d) "Nearly 1.5 million."

2. What Constitutional Amendment prohibits states from denying citizens due process and "equal protection of the law"?
(a) The 15th Amendment.
(b) The 12th Amendment.
(c) The 13th Amendment.
(d) The 14th Amendment.

3. According to the author in the Introduction, how many people are in prison in the United States per 100,000?
(a) 750.
(b) 500.
(c) 250.
(d) 560.

4. How much money did the U.S. spend on police protection, detention, judicial, and legal activities in 2003, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Statistics?
(a) $250 billion.
(b) $45 billion.
(c) $125 billion.
(d) $185 billion.

5. 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) Over 7 million.
(b) About 3 million.
(c) About 5 million.
(d) Over 8 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is attributed to the quote in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow," "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity"?

2. When was the ruling for Terry v. Ohio decided?

3. Where was the National Colored Convention that Frederick Douglass made the statement that is quoted in the beginning of Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?

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

5. The increase in the number of African American males sent to prison for drug crimes increased by what percentage between 1985 and 2005?

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