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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. What are the only two states that allow inmates to vote while incarcerated?
(a) Maine and Vermont.
(b) Texas and Arkansas.
(c) Louisiana and Mississippi.
(d) Massachusetts and New York.

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

3. According to the author in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice," white youth have about how many times the number of drug-related emergency room visits as their African American counterparts?
(a) Two times.
(b) Five times.
(c) Three times.
(d) Four times.

4. Where was Emma Faye Stewart living when she was arrested as part of a drug sweep?
(a) Austin, Texas.
(b) Houston, Texas.
(c) Dallas, Texas.
(d) Hearne, Texas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many U.S. states prohibit all employers and licensing agencies from considering arrests, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?

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

3. When was Swain v. Alabama decided?

4. For what crime(s) did Warren McCleskey face the death penalty?

5. When was Ora Lee Hurley imprisoned for owing a fine, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the crime statistics of Chicago in regard to race in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?

2. When did Whren v. United States go before the Supreme Court? What was the Court's decision?

3. What are the historical parallels between Jim Crow and mass incarceration that the author explores in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?

4. How does the author describe the circumstances of Emma Faye Stewart's arrest in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice"?

5. What are the financial debts that a former criminal may face? How much of their wages can be garnished to cover these expenses?

6. What are the obstacles that former criminals face in terms of finding housing?

7. What is noted about Frederick Douglass's speech at the National Colored Convention in 1853 in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?

8. When was crack-cocaine introduced to users in the U.S.? What involvement did the government have with the introduction of crack to African American communities?

9. Why does the author discuss Barack Obama's speech at the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?

10. How does the author compare the circumstances of a freed prisoner to those of a black person living in Mississippi at the height of Jim Crow in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?

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