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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What issues does Maxine Waters confront the President about?
(a) Unemployment, hopelessness, and despair.
(b) Lack of housing programs.
(c) Addiction and crime.
(d) Insufficient educational budget.

2. How does Hami Bhabha describe the "twilight"?
(a) A moment of total chaos.
(b) An in-between moment of ambivalence.
(c) A moment of total zen.
(d) A moment of serenity.

3. What is Bill Bradley's position?
(a) Republican Senator from New Jersey.
(b) Democratic Senator from New Jersey.
(c) Republican Congressman from New Jersey.
(d) Democratic Congressman from New Jersey.

4. What statement best describes Bill Bradley's stand on the laws of the land?
(a) He is outraged that someone should suggest differences in the treatment of people.
(b) He does not like discussing the laws and people.
(c) He does not acknowledge that the law treats different people in different ways.
(d) He acknowledges that the law treats different people in different ways.

5. What statement does Gates give on the reason why he is delayed in getting to where the trouble is?
(a) He ran out of gas.
(b) He couldn't find a cab to take him to where the riots were.
(c) Traffic was terrible, and he couldn't find an alternate route.
(d) He had a hard time leaving the meeting and getting away.

6. What does Mrs. Young-soon Han realize after the riots?
(a) Americans love violence.
(b) Koreans immigrants were able to fully adapt to American Society.
(c) Korean immigrants have been left out of American Society.
(d) Koreans love violence.

7. How many SWAT teams are sent to arrest Lance Parker?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

8. Why is Harland Braun reluctant to take the case of defending an accused in the Rodney King trial?
(a) His client couldn't pay enough.
(b) He thought it was a racial beating.
(c) He thinks he is incompetent.
(d) He didn't want to be involved in the case in any way.

9. When Dean Gilmour is starting his investigation, how many deaths does he think there are?
(a) 51.
(b) 14.
(c) 60.
(d) 38.

10. What does Gladis Sibrian's nom de guerre mean?
(a) Life.
(b) Shadow.
(c) Light.
(d) Wind.

11. What does Braun think Pontius Pilate is doing?
(a) Being a ruler and being a counselor to his people.
(b) Love and hate for blacks.
(c) Politics and marriage.
(d) Trying to balance punishing an innocent man and keeping the public from uprising.

12. What comparison does Peter Sellars make about the United States and his father?
(a) They both loved guns.
(b) They were both extravagant.
(c) They were both cheap.
(d) They both loved being over the top.

13. What statement does Bill Bradley make about corporations and institutions?
(a) Corporations and institutions are doing their social obligations to the people.
(b) The moral power of corporations and institutions has to be brought to bear when colored people are treated unjustly.
(c) He does not make any statements about corporations and institutions.
(d) Corporations and institutions should donate more towards charitable causes.

14. Why is Twilight Bey nicknamed "Twilight"?
(a) He stays out all night until the sun comes out.
(b) He does not go out during the daytime.
(c) He is an albino.
(d) He is afraid of the sunlight.

15. According to Elaine Brown, where should people base their commitment if they want real change in society?
(a) Anger.
(b) Lust.
(c) Hate.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the female student's parents during the riots?

2. What complaint does Reverend Tom Choi hear about Koreans, Americans, and blacks?

3. Which African-American character does Mrs. Young-soon Han hate?

4. What does Betye's companion think about the verdict?

5. What does the Reverend Tom Choi find out after some time in his interaction with the people in the community?

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