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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the author describe Murray McNair returning home after his release from prison in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?
(a) Houston, Texas.
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Newark, New Jersey.

2. What fraction of the young black male population in the United States today are unemployed, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?
(a) Nearly two-thirds.
(b) Nearly one-fourth.
(c) Nearly one-third.
(d) Nearly one-half.

3. What were the defendants in Yick Wo v. Hopkins accused of doing?
(a) Operating laundries without licenses.
(b) Murder and kidnapping.
(c) Operating restaurants without licenses.
(d) Forgery and extortion.

4. The author asserts in The New Jim Crow that no one has more power in the criminal justice system than whom?
(a) Judges.
(b) Prosecutors.
(c) Defendants.
(d) Defense attorneys.

5. In what case did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals strike down the "no fault" clause on the ground that eviction of innocent tenants was inconsistent with the legislative scheme?
(a) Rucker v. Davis.
(b) Brown v. Board of Education.
(c) McClesky v. Kemp.
(d) Plessy v. Ferguson.

6. The quote from Frederick Douglass that opens Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand" was a part of a statement on behalf of delegates to the National Colored Convention held when?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1853.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1869.

7. When was Clinton Drake arrested for possession of marijuana?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1982.

8. When was the first year that a black person ever sat on a jury in the United States?
(a) 1886.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1873.
(d) 1890.

9. When was Batson v. Kentucky decided?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1969.

10. Where is the See Forever charter school for juvenile offenders?
(a) New York City.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Los Angeles.

11. What sentence did Edward Clary originally receive for possession of crack cocaine when he was 18?
(a) Ten years in prison.
(b) Five years in prison.
(c) 20 years in prison.
(d) 15 years in prison.

12. Approximately what percentage of people sentenced to prison in Illinois for a drug offense are African American, according to the author in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?
(a) 60%.
(b) 70%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 90%.

13. What writer is attributed to the following quote from Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow": "It's respectable to tar and feather criminals, to advocate locking them up and thowing away the key. It's not racist to be against crime, even though the archetypal criminal in the media and the public imagination almost always wears Willie Horton's face"?
(a) C. Vann Woodward.
(b) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(c) John Edgar Wideman.
(d) James Forman Jr.

14. What U.S. President proposed "One Strike and You're Out" legislation that strengthened eviction rules and urged that drug offenders be automatically excluded from public housing?
(a) Bill Clinton.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) George W. Bush.
(d) Barack Obama.

15. Who is the co-founder of the See Forever charter school that is quoted in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?
(a) William Berkeley.
(b) C. Vann Woodward.
(c) John Edgar Wideman.
(d) James Forman Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is cited in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand" as having said, "In this brave new world, punishment for the original offense is no longer enough; one's debt to society is never paid"?

2. Who is the author of Doing Time on the Outside?

3. Federal law provides that a child-support enforcement officer can garnish up to what percent of an individual's wages for child support?

4. What percentage of those arrested for drunk driving in 1990 were white men?

5. The increase in the number of African American males sent to prison for drug crimes increased by what percentage between 1985 and 2005?

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