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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One in how many black men between the ages of 20-35 was behind bars in 2006?
(a) Nine.
(b) 29.
(c) 16.
(d) 42.

2. The author notes in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand" that two-thirds of people detained in jails report annual incomes under what amount prior to their arrests?
(a) Under $5,000.
(b) Under $20,000.
(c) Under $10,000.
(d) Under $12,000.

3. Where was Christopher Lee Armstrong when his motel was raided for drugs?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Houston.

4. Where was Clinton Drake arrested for possession of marijuana?
(a) Montgomery, Alabama.
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) Houston, Texas.
(d) Memphis, Tennessee.

5. How many drug arrests took place nationally in 2005?
(a) 2.5 million.
(b) 3.5 million.
(c) 1.5 million.
(d) 1 million.

6. About what percentage of offenders and ex-offenders are high school dropouts, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Cruel Hand"?
(a) About 50%.
(b) About 60%.
(c) About 90%.
(d) About 70%.

7. According to the author in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow," possession of a tiny amount of crack cocaine carries a mandatory minimum sentence of what?
(a) Five years in federal prison.
(b) Two years in federal prison.
(c) Eight years in federal prison.
(d) Ten years in federal prison.

8. Who is the author of Doing Time on the Outside?
(a) Marc Mauer.
(b) Donald Braman.
(c) C. Vann Woodward.
(d) Devah Pager.

9. The author concludes in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow" that during the age of slavery, white plantation owners were motivated principally by what component?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Sadism.
(c) Greed.
(d) Evil.

10. 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) 1872.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1869.

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

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

13. How old was Emma Faye Stewart when she was arrested as part of a drug sweep, according to the author in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice"?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 35.
(d) 25.

14. 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) 61%.
(b) 76%.
(c) 29%.
(d) 53%.

15. 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) Marc Mauer.
(b) C. Vann Woodward.
(c) Lerone Bennett Jr.
(d) Jerome Miller.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the case of McCleskey v. Kemp decided by the Supreme Court?

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

3. Who wrote The Anatomy of Racial Inequality?

4. What writer for Time magazine wrote a critique of Obama's speech, as described in Chapter 5: "The New Jim Crow"?

5. Where was Edward Clary stopped and searched when he was 18?

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