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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. 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) 76%.
(b) 61%.
(c) 53%.
(d) 29%.

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

3. How much was the fine that Ora Lee Hurley owed and was imprisoned for being unable to pay?
(a) $816.
(b) $500.
(c) $345.
(d) $705.

4. What amount of money can Ohio charge probationers as a supervision fee as a condition of probation, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?
(a) $100 per month.
(b) $50 per month.
(c) $150 per month.
(d) $25 per month.

5. The author cites Marilyn Frye as having made a metaphor for the systemic racism toward African Americans. What metaphor is used?
(a) A birdcage.
(b) A mask.
(c) A fishing net.
(d) A mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what case in 1985 did the Court rule that racially biased strikes violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment?

2. When was the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act passed, authorizing public housing agencies the ability to exclude and evict drug offenders and other felons from access?

3. Who was the judge assigned to Edward Clary's case in the Federal District of Missouri?

4. Where was Ora Lee Hurley imprisoned?

5. When did the article "Where Have the Black Men Gone" appear in Ebony magazine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were the repercussions of Emma Faye Stewart's decision to take a plea deal?

4. How does political disenfranchisement apply to Jim Crow and mass incarceration, according to the author in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?

5. What circumstances led to Clinton Drake's inability to vote?

6. What was enacted with the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988?

7. What is the significance of the Supreme Court decision in McCleskey v. Kemp?

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

9. What was determined in the Supreme Court case of Rucker v. Davis?

10. What is discussed regarding Stanley Cohen's States of Denial in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?

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