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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is attributed to the quote in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow," "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity"?
(a) W. E. B. Du Bois.
(b) William Berkeley.
(c) John Edgar Wideman.
(d) Martin Luther King Jr.

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

3. In what notable case did the Court establish the doctrine of "separate but equal"?
(a) Rucker v. Davis.
(b) Plessy v. Ferguson.
(c) McClesky v. Kemp.
(d) Batson v. Kentucky.

4. Where did Warren McCleskey commit the crime he was accused of?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Texas.

5. 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) Richard Nixon.
(b) Barack Obama.
(c) George W. Bush.
(d) Bill Clinton.

6. According to the author in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice," white youth have about how many times the number of drug-related emergency room visits as their African American counterparts?
(a) Two times.
(b) Five times.
(c) Four times.
(d) Three times.

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

8. Where was Ora Lee Hurley imprisoned?
(a) Little Rock.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Houston.

9. The author asserts in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow," "All racial caste systems, not just mass incarceration, have been supported by" what?
(a) "Racial bias."
(b) "Racial indifference."
(c) "The white community."
(d) "Affirmative action."

10. Who is attributed to the following quotation in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice": "there is no immaculate perception"?
(a) C. Vann Woodward.
(b) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(c) Douglas Blackmon.
(d) W. E. B. Du Bois.

11. The author asserts in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice" that in the federal system, homicide offenders account for 0.4% of the past decade's growth in the federal prison population while drug offenders account for what percent of that expansion?
(a) 76%.
(b) 53%.
(c) 29%.
(d) 61%.

12. How many African American men received a bachelor's degree from Illinois state universities in 1999?
(a) 992.
(b) 2,567.
(c) 693.
(d) 1,235.

13. What are the only two states that allow inmates to vote while incarcerated?
(a) Massachusetts and New York.
(b) Maine and Vermont.
(c) Louisiana and Mississippi.
(d) Texas and Arkansas.

14. When does the author describe the drunk driving accident in Kentucky that left 27 people dead in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1984.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author uses a metaphor in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow" to describe the circumstances of white Americans who are harmed by the War on Drugs. To whom are these white Americans compared?

2. What is the jobless rate for young black male dropouts, including those incarcerated today, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?

3. When was Batson v. Kentucky decided?

4. Where was Emma Faye Stewart living when she was arrested as part of a drug sweep?

5. 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?

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