"What 'Stop-and-Frisk' Really Means" article quiz

Reread the following quotation from the article.

"When [stop and frisk] was policy in New York, the crime rate declined. However, crimes also declined in many other cities that avoided stopping citizens without good reason."

What inference can logically be drawn from this quotation?

• The stop and frisk policy was the main reason that the crime rate in New York declined.

• In addition to New York, many other cities used stop and frisk as a policy.

• The author questions whether stop and frisk caused the decline in crime rates.

• If New York had not implemented stop and frisk, the crime rate would have increased.

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The author states that "[t]he question of whether a policy like stop-and-frisk is effective isn't worth discussing if it regularly violates citizens' rights."

Which excerpt from the text best supports the author's opinion?

• According to a Pew study from September 2016, 75% of Whites but only 33% of Blacks believe the police use the right amount of force for each situation.

• In 2013, a judge found that stop-and-frisk in New York City is racially discriminatory, violating both the Fourth Amendment and the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

• By now, it's well known that stop-and-frisk mainly targets Black and Latino communities.

• Instead of making cities safer, a return to stop-and-frisk is far more likely to produce thousands of forceful and terrifying experiences with police, as well as create and exacerbate distrust of the police within communities they are supposed to be serving.

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Reread the following excerpts from the text.

"President Donald Trump has expressed support for stop-and-frisk repeatedly. This was before he promoted the practice as a presidential candidate. But he's wrong" (1).

"Trump has claimed he wants to help Black and Latino communities, but for them, policies like stop-and-frisk are a total disaster" (4).

The author refers to President Donald Trump at the very start and very end of the article. What is the effect of starting and ending the article with these references?

• The references reinforce the fact that the author dislikes and disagrees with Donald Trump.

• The references remind the audience that Donald Trump is president and that he makes the ultimate decisions about policies in the United States.

• The author uses the references as an invitation to ask the president to respond with his opinions on stop and frisk.

• The author appeals to her audience's distrust of President Trump in order to convince them to agree with her argument.

Reread this excerpt from the article.

"President Donald Trump has expressed support for stop-and-frisk repeatedly. This was before he promoted the practice as a presidential candidate."

What is the best meaning of the word promoted as it is used in the excerpt?

• advanced

• raised

• developed

• endorsed

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Reread the last sentence of the article.

"Instead of making cities safer, a return to stop-and-frisk is far more likely to produce thousands of forceful and terrifying experiences with police, as well as create and exacerbate distrust of the police within communities they are supposed to be serving."

How does this sentence add to the development of the text?

• It emphasizes the author's argument by detailing the negative effects of stop and frisk.

• It distracts from the rest of the text by appealing to the reader's emotions instead of focusing on facts.

• It changes the subject of the text toward the audience by calling for the audience to take action.

• It concludes the text by restating that stop and frisk is racially discriminatory.

Select the TWO sentences that state the central ideas of the text.

• Stop and frisk is not an effective policy in reducing crime.

• Stop and frisk has resulted in overuse of physical force by the NYPD against minorities.

• Stop and frisk is not a good policy because it routinely violates citizens' rights.

• Instead of making communities safer, stop and frisk makes many Blacks and Latinos feel unsafe and distrustful of the police.

• Although President Donald Trump has expressed support for stop and frisk, it should not be a practice in use by NYPD.

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