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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Harris that the Klan Act was partially unconstitutional?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1889.

2. When does the author describe the raid at Stratford High School in Goose Creek, South Carolina as having taken place in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) March, 1999.
(b) August, 2005.
(c) November, 2003.
(d) July, 1993.

3. The author asserts in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown" that drug offenses alone account for what fraction of the rise in the federal inmate population between 1985 and 2000?
(a) One-half.
(b) Two-thirds.
(c) Three-fourths.
(d) One-third.

4. When did the National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals release a recommendation that "no new institutions for adults should be build and existing institutions for juveniles should be closed"?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1973.

5. What does the author describe printed on a bright orange poster that opened her mind to the themes of the book in the Introduction?
(a) "Affirmative Action is the New Jim Crow."
(b) "The Drug War is the New Jim Crow."
(c) "Mass Incarceration is the New Jim Crow."
(d) "Racism Still Exists Today."

6. 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 12th Amendment.
(c) The 14th Amendment.
(d) The 15th Amendment.

7. What term is used in the book to describe "a traffic stop motivated not by any desire to enforce traffic laws, but instead motivated by a desire to hunt for drugs in the absence of any evidence of illegal drug activity"?
(a) "Suspicion stop."
(b) "Context stop."
(c) "Prevention stop."
(d) "Pretext stop."

8. Where was the conflict labor camp the Parchman Farm established?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Texas.

9. According to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," what "was the device employed to protect the institution of slavery and the political power of slaveholding states" when the Constitution was written?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Federalism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Authoritarianism.

10. When did Congress, at the behest of Ronald Reagan, revise the program that provides federal aid to law enforcement, renaming it the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1999.

11. What was the dominant means of securing cheap labor in the early colonial period in America, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
(a) White slavery.
(b) Indentured servitude.
(c) Feudalism.
(d) Native American slavery.

12. 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) Over 4 million.
(c) About 1 million.
(d) Over 3 million.

13. 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 3 million.
(b) Over 7 million.
(c) About 5 million.
(d) Over 8 million.

14. When did the American Civil War end by proclamation?
(a) January 1, 1866.
(b) May 9, 1865.
(c) March 1, 1863.
(d) September 16, 1862.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did crack cocaine first emerge in poor black neighborhoods in the United States before spreading elsewhere?

2. To whom is the following quote that opens Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste" attributed: "The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery"?

3. 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?

4. Who was the governor that was under attack in Bacon's Rebellion?

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

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