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

2. 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?
(a) One's history."
(b) "One's race."
(c) "One's income."
(d) "One's character."

3. In the Introduction, the author attests that how many people in Germany are in prison for every 100,000 adults and children?
(a) 116.
(b) 93.
(c) 19.
(d) 215.

4. Why is Jarvious Cotton unable to vote, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) He is a felon.
(b) He is unable to pay poll taxes.
(c) He is a slave.
(d) He is illiterate.

5. During the time she worked at the ACLU, Michelle Alexander's focus shifted from employment discrimination to what focus?
(a) Criminal justice reform.
(b) Tax reform.
(c) Affirmative action.
(d) Education reform.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals release a recommendation that "no new institutions for adults should be build and existing institutions for juveniles should be closed"?

2. When did California modify the Three Strikes Law with Proposition 36?

3. What question does the author say the book explores in Chapter 1?

4. When did Ronald Reagan officially announce the War on Drugs?

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

(see the answer key)

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