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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 1976.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1990.

2. When did the American Civil War begin?
(a) April 12, 1861.
(b) March 1, 1863.
(c) January 1, 1866.
(d) September 16, 1862.

3. Who wrote The Strange Career of Jim Crow?
(a) C. Vann Woodward.
(b) Loic Wacquant.
(c) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(d) Marc Mauer.

4. 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) Over 8 million.
(c) About 3 million.
(d) About 5 million.

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

6. Where was Terrance Bostick traveling on a Greyhound bus when he was arrested?
(a) To Los Angeles.
(b) To Little Rock.
(c) To Atlanta.
(d) To Memphis.

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

8. What term became ascribed to American Indians as a way of justifying their eradication, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
(a) "Natives."
(b) "Blacks."
(c) "Savages."
(d) "Indians."

9. When did Bacon's Rebellion take place?
(a) 1723.
(b) 1676.
(c) 1692.
(d) 1720.

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

11. When was Alberta Spruill killed in a botched SWAT raid in Harlem?
(a) September 16, 2006.
(b) May 16, 2003.
(c) June 13, 2000.
(d) April 12, 1995.

12. What are the three major racialized systems of control adopted by the United States toward African Americans, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) Slavery, voting rights, and the War on Drugs.
(b) Slavery, economic inequality, and injustice.
(c) Slavery, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration.
(d) Slavery, poverty, and educational oppression.

13. Whose quote opens the section "The Birth of Slavery" in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
(a) Frederick Douglass's.
(b) Malcolm X's.
(c) Lerone Bennett Jr.'s.
(d) Martin Luther King Jr.'s.

14. How many people does the author say are in prison or jail for a drug offense today in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) Approximately six million.
(b) Approximately half a million.
(c) Approximately 100,000.
(d) Approximately two million.

15. Approximately how many people have been arrested for drug offenses since the drug war began, according to the author in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
(a) Over 31 million.
(b) Over 35 million.
(c) About 20 million.
(d) About 10 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author asserts in the Introduction that one in how many young African American men are currently under the control of the criminal justice system--in prison, in jail, on probation, or on parole?

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

3. In 1997, the Pentagon handed over how many pieces of military equipment to local police departments?

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

5. The author states in her Introduction, "Conversations about class are resisted in part because there is a tendency to imagine that one's class reflects upon" what?

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