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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) January 1, 1866.
(b) September 16, 1862.
(c) March 1, 1863.
(d) April 12, 1861.

2. 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.

3. The author states in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste," "Any candid observer of American racial history must acknowledge that racism is highly" what?
(a) "Adaptable."
(b) "Rigid."
(c) "Obtuse."
(d) "Lamentable."

4. When did California modify the Three Strikes Law with Proposition 36?
(a) 2013.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2012.

5. What percentage of all Southern elected officials were black in 1870?
(a) 15%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 10%.

6. 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.

7. What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures?
(a) The 2nd Amendment.
(b) The 16th Amendment.
(c) The 4th Amendment.
(d) The 3rd Amendment.

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

9. What Supreme Court Justice dissented on the ruling in Terry v. Ohio?
(a) Justice Bennett.
(b) Justice Woodward.
(c) Justice Douglas.
(d) Justice Blackmon.

10. When was the major conference held called "Why We Can't Wait: Reversing the Retreat on Civil Rights"?
(a) June, 2004.
(b) July, 2001.
(c) March, 2008.
(d) October, 2007.

11. What years comprised the Reconstruction Era?
(a) 1866-1875.
(b) 1864-1872.
(c) 1865-1877.
(d) 1866-1880.

12. What was Terrance Bostick found to be carrying on a Greyhound Bus in the case of Florida v. Bostick?
(a) A pound of quaaludes.
(b) A pound of marijuana.
(c) A pound of heroin.
(d) A pound of cocaine.

13. What U.S. Constitutional Amendment provided that the right to vote should not be denied on account of race?
(a) The 12th Amendment.
(b) The 15th Amendment.
(c) The 14th Amendment.
(d) The 16th Amendment.

14. What word used in the Introduction refers to the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities?
(a) Unitarian.
(b) Authoritarian.
(c) Utilitarian.
(d) Egalitarian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does the author say the book explores in Chapter 1?

2. In the Introduction, the author attests that how many people in Germany are in prison for every 100,000 adults and children?

3. What does "caste" refer to?

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

5. 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"?

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