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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of Doing Time on the Outside?
(a) C. Vann Woodward.
(b) Donald Braman.
(c) Marc Mauer.
(d) Devah Pager.

2. When was the case of Yick Wo v. Hopkins decided?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1886.
(d) 1925.

3. The author asserts in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice" that in the federal system, homicide offenders account for 0.4% of the past decade's growth in the federal prison population while drug offenders account for what percent of that expansion?
(a) 61%.
(b) 76%.
(c) 53%.
(d) 29%.

4. In what notable case did the Court establish the doctrine of "separate but equal"?
(a) Rucker v. Davis.
(b) McClesky v. Kemp.
(c) Plessy v. Ferguson.
(d) Batson v. Kentucky.

5. The quote from Frederick Douglass that opens Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand" was a part of a statement on behalf of delegates to the National Colored Convention held when?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1853.

6. Who wrote the book States of Denial?
(a) Devah Pager.
(b) C. Vann Woodward.
(c) Loic Wacquant.
(d) Stanley Cohen.

7. What writer is attributed to the following quote from Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow": "It's respectable to tar and feather criminals, to advocate locking them up and thowing away the key. It's not racist to be against crime, even though the archetypal criminal in the media and the public imagination almost always wears Willie Horton's face"?
(a) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(b) James Forman Jr.
(c) John Edgar Wideman.
(d) C. Vann Woodward.

8. What U.S. President proposed "One Strike and You're Out" legislation that strengthened eviction rules and urged that drug offenders be automatically excluded from public housing?
(a) Barack Obama.
(b) Bill Clinton.
(c) George W. Bush.
(d) Richard Nixon.

9. In Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow" the author describes a speech that Barack Obama gave during his presidential campaign. Where was the speech given?
(a) The New Life Christian Science Church.
(b) The Apostolic Church of God.
(c) The New Zion Church of God.
(d) The First Episcopal Church.

10. Federal law provides that a child-support enforcement officer can garnish up to what percent of an individual's wages for child support?
(a) Up to 50%.
(b) Up to 65%.
(c) Up to 45%.
(d) Up to 15%.

11. In 2006, one in how many African American men was behind bars?
(a) 14.
(b) 29.
(c) 20.
(d) 106.

12. The author concludes in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow" that during the age of slavery, white plantation owners were motivated principally by what component?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Greed.
(c) Sadism.
(d) Evil.

13. Where did Clifford Runoalds return home to attend the funeral of his 18-month-old daughter after he was busted in a drug sweep, according to the author in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice"?
(a) To Bryan, Texas.
(b) To Oxford, Mississippi.
(c) To Little Rock, Arkansas.
(d) To Dallas, Texas.

14. Who was the former director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy that stated that if your child bought drugs, "it was from a student of their own race generally"?
(a) Marc Mauer.
(b) George Wallace.
(c) Douglas Blackmon.
(d) Barry McCaffrey.

15. What sociologist is cited as saying in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand" that those sent to prison "are institutionally branded as a particular class of individuals"?
(a) Lerone Bennett Jr.
(b) William Berkeley.
(c) C. Vann Woodward.
(d) Devah Pager.

Short Answer Questions

1. One in how many black men between the ages of 20-35 was behind bars in 2006?

2. What percentage of those arrested for drunk driving in 1990 were white men?

3. What organization did Dorsey Nunn co-found?

4. About what percentage of offenders and ex-offenders are high school dropouts, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?

5. Who is the former executive director of the National Center for Institutions and Alternatives that is cited as saying, "There are certain code words that allow you never to have to say 'race' but everybody knows that's what you mean"?

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