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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface and Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "caste" refer to?
(a) A system of dividing society into racial classes.
(b) A system of dividing society into economic classes.
(c) A system of dividing society into hereditary classes.
(d) A system of dividing society into educational classes.

2. The author asserts in the Introduction that one in how many young African American men are currently under the control of the criminal justice system--in prison, in jail, on probation, or on parole?
(a) One in ten.
(b) One in four.
(c) One in three.
(d) One in five.

3. Who was the executive director of the Sentencing Project when the book was written?
(a) Richard Roth.
(b) Andrew Stabler.
(c) Jason Alexander.
(d) Marc Mauer.

4. When did Ronald Reagan officially announce the War on Drugs?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1982.

5. When did the CIA admit that guerilla armies it actively supported in Nicaragua were smuggling crack cocaine into the United States?
(a) 1998.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1992.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did crack cocaine first emerge in poor black neighborhoods in the United States before spreading elsewhere?

2. According to the author in the Introduction, how many people are in prison in the United States per 100,000?

3. When was the major conference held called "Why We Can't Wait: Reversing the Retreat on Civil Rights"?

4. How did Jarvious Cotton's great-grandfather die?

5. The author states in her Introduction, "Conversations about class are resisted in part because there is a tendency to imagine that one's class reflects upon" what?

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