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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Emma Faye Stewart when she was arrested as part of a drug sweep, according to the author in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice"?
(a) 35.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

2. What percentage of professional black women are unmarried today, according to the author in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?
(a) 60%.
(b) 70%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 80%.

3. Where was Edward Clary stopped and searched when he was 18?
(a) The San Diego airport.
(b) Chicago O'Hare airport.
(c) The St. Louis airport.
(d) JFK airport.

4. Where is the See Forever charter school for juvenile offenders?
(a) New York City.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Chicago.

5. What percentage of those arrested for drunk driving in 1990 were white men?
(a) 89%.
(b) 65%.
(c) 78%.
(d) 67%.

6. The author asserts in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow," "All racial caste systems, not just mass incarceration, have been supported by" what?
(a) "Racial bias."
(b) "Affirmative action."
(c) "The white community."
(d) "Racial indifference."

7. When was Batson v. Kentucky decided?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1969.

8. Who was the judge assigned to Edward Clary's case in the Federal District of Missouri?
(a) Judge Clyde Cahill.
(b) Judge William Berkeley.
(c) Judge Lerone Bennett Jr.
(d) Judge George Wallace.

9. When did the article "Where Have the Black Men Gone" appear in Ebony magazine?
(a) December, 2006.
(b) June, 1995.
(c) March, 2011.
(d) September, 2001.

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

11. What organization did Dorsey Nunn co-found?
(a) All of Us or None.
(b) Tomorrow's Sunshine.
(c) The NAACP.
(d) The United Negros' Fund.

12. When did San Francisco's Ban the Box policy take effect?
(a) 2011.
(b) 1995.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2006.

13. What were the defendants in Yick Wo v. Hopkins accused of doing?
(a) Murder and kidnapping.
(b) Operating laundries without licenses.
(c) Operating restaurants without licenses.
(d) Forgery and extortion.

14. Who is the co-founder of the See Forever charter school that is quoted in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?
(a) James Forman Jr.
(b) C. Vann Woodward.
(c) John Edgar Wideman.
(d) William Berkeley.

15. The author asserts in The New Jim Crow that no one has more power in the criminal justice system than whom?
(a) Judges.
(b) Defendants.
(c) Defense attorneys.
(d) Prosecutors.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the author describe the drunk driving accident in Kentucky that left 27 people dead in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?

2. 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?

3. Federal law provides that a child-support enforcement officer can garnish up to what percent of an individual's wages for child support?

4. When was the first year that a black person ever sat on a jury in the United States?

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

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