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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Jarvious Cotton unable to vote, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) He is a felon.
(b) He is unable to pay poll taxes.
(c) He is a slave.
(d) He is illiterate.

3. 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) 1999.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1992.

4. When were Michael Whren and James Brown stopped by plainclothes officers and searched?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1988.

5. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaw?
(a) Slavery in the Southern United States.
(b) Discrimination against African Americans in relation to voting rights.
(c) Segregation in public schools and buildings.
(d) Discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

6. Where did crack cocaine first emerge in poor black neighborhoods in the United States before spreading elsewhere?
(a) Tuscon.
(b) New York.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Chicago.

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

8. 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) Two-thirds.
(b) Three-fourths.
(c) One-half.
(d) One-third.

9. In the Introduction, the author attests that how many people in Germany are in prison for every 100,000 adults and children?
(a) 116.
(b) 19.
(c) 215.
(d) 93.

10. What group of people is the focus of The New Jim Crow, according to the author in her Introduction?
(a) White American men.
(b) African American men.
(c) African American women.
(d) Latinos and other immigrants.

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

12. 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) November, 2003.
(b) August, 2005.
(c) July, 1993.
(d) March, 1999.

13. 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) About 20 million.
(b) About 10 million.
(c) Over 35 million.
(d) Over 31 million.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe printed on a bright orange poster that opened her mind to the themes of the book in the Introduction?

2. 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"?

3. Who was the executive director of the Sentencing Project when the book was written?

4. Whose quote opens the section "The Birth of Slavery" in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?

5. What Supreme Court Justice said of the Florida v. Bostick case that "the basis of the decision to single out particular passengers during a suspicionless sweep is less likely to be inarticulate than unspeakable"?

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