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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What Constitutional Amendment prohibits states from denying citizens due process and "equal protection of the law"?
(a) The 12th Amendment.
(b) The 13th Amendment.
(c) The 14th Amendment.
(d) The 15th Amendment.

3. According to the author in the Introduction, how many people are in prison in the United States per 100,000?
(a) 560.
(b) 500.
(c) 750.
(d) 250.

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

5. 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) "Lamentable."
(b) "Obtuse."
(c) "Adaptable."
(d) "Rigid."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was the conflict labor camp the Parchman Farm established?

3. When was the Military Cooperation with Law Enforcement Act passed?

4. What years comprised the Reconstruction Era?

5. What state supreme court issued a landmark decision in the case of Ruffin v. Commonwealth?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the circumstances of Robert Robinette's arrest described in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?

2. How does the author use Jarvious Cotton as an example in the Introduction to The New Jim Crow?

3. What does "Jim Crow" refer to?

4. What percentages do drug offenses account for in the rise of the federal inmate population and state prisoners, according to the author in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?

5. Who declared the "War on Drugs"? When was it declared?

6. How do incarceration rates in the U.S. compare with those in other countries across the globe?

7. What does a "consent search" refer to?

8. What was dedided in the case of California v. Acevedo?

9. What is the Ku Klux Klan? What did the Ku Klux Klan acts dictate?

10. What legislative achievements were seen in the Reconstruction Era?

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