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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the governor that was under attack in Bacon's Rebellion?
(a) William Berkeley.
(b) Lerone Bennett Jr.
(c) George Wallace.
(d) Loic Wacquant.

2. Approximately how many people were in prison or jail for a drug offense in 1980?
(a) 41,100.
(b) 35,250.
(c) 29,350.
(d) 25,900.

3. What years comprised the Reconstruction Era?
(a) 1864-1872.
(b) 1866-1880.
(c) 1865-1877.
(d) 1866-1875.

4. According to criminologist Peter Kraska, how many cases of flawed paramilitary raids reached the appellate level between 1989 and 2001?
(a) 620.
(b) 350.
(c) 290.
(d) 780.

5. When did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Harris that the Klan Act was partially unconstitutional?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1882.

6. What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures?
(a) The 4th Amendment.
(b) The 2nd Amendment.
(c) The 16th Amendment.
(d) The 3rd Amendment.

7. In what year did a federal grand jury determine that the Ku Klux Klan was a "terrorist organization" and issue hundreds of indictments for crimes of violence and terrorism?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1880.

8. Where did Nathaniel Bacon live as a property owner?
(a) Roanoke, Virginia.
(b) Province of New Jersey.
(c) Bermuda.
(d) Jamestown, Virginia.

9. Between 1980 and 2000, the number of people incarcerated in prisons in the U.S. went from about 300,000 to how many?
(a) About 1 million.
(b) Over 3 million.
(c) Over 4 million.
(d) Over 2 million.

10. When was the major conference held called "Why We Can't Wait: Reversing the Retreat on Civil Rights"?
(a) March, 2008.
(b) October, 2007.
(c) June, 2004.
(d) July, 2001.

11. In 1997, the Pentagon handed over how many pieces of military equipment to local police departments?
(a) Over 1.8 million.
(b) Over 1.6 million.
(c) Over 1.2 million.
(d) About 3 million.

12. What Supreme Court Justice said of the Florida v. Bostick case that "the basis of the decision to single out particular passengers during a suspicionless sweep is less likely to be inarticulate than unspeakable"?
(a) Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(b) Justice Thurgood Marshall.
(c) Justice Earl Warren.
(d) Justice William Brennan.

13. How did Jarvious Cotton's great-grandfather die?
(a) He was killed in an automobile accident.
(b) He was killed in a factory accident.
(c) He was beaten to death by fellow prisoners.
(d) He was beaten to death by the Ku Klux Klan.

14. 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 five.
(b) One in four.
(c) One in ten.
(d) One in three.

15. In her Introduction, the author writes, "The impact of the drug war has been astounding. In less than 30 years, the U.S penal population exploded from around 300,000 to" how many?
(a) "Nearly 1.5 million."
(b) "More than 3 million."
(c) "More than 2 million."
(d) "Almost 1 million."

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. To whom is the following quote that opens Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste" attributed: "The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery"?

3. Who wrote Slavery by Another Name?

4. What does the author describe printed on a bright orange poster that opened her mind to the themes of the book in the Introduction?

5. What Supreme Court Justice dissented on the ruling in Terry v. Ohio?

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