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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the former executive director of the National Center for Institutions and Alternatives that is cited as saying, "There are certain code words that allow you never to have to say 'race' but everybody knows that's what you mean"?
(a) C. Vann Woodward.
(b) Marc Mauer.
(c) Jerome Miller.
(d) Lerone Bennett Jr.

2. What percentage of those arrested for drunk driving in 1990 were white men?
(a) 67%.
(b) 78%.
(c) 65%.
(d) 89%.

3. When did the American Civil War end by proclamation?
(a) September 16, 1862.
(b) May 9, 1865.
(c) January 1, 1866.
(d) March 1, 1863.

4. When was the home of Scott Bryant raided by police in Dodge City, Wisconsin?
(a) April, 1995.
(b) July, 1993.
(c) March, 1999.
(d) June, 2000.

5. When were Michael Whren and James Brown stopped by plainclothes officers and searched?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1988.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In what year was the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act passed that differentiated marijuana from other narcotics?

3. What sentence did Edward Clary originally receive for possession of crack cocaine when he was 18?

4. The author states in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice," "Human Rights Watch reported in 2000 that, in seven states, African Americans constitute" what percent "of all drug offenders sent to prison"?

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

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