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Study Guide

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 Quiz

Anna Deavere Smith
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Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 Quiz

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1)

What happens when Captain Lane Haywood gets up on the roof to handle the fire better? (from The War Zone, A Weird Common Thread in Our Lives | The War Zone, A Badge of Courage)

It suddenly rains.
Some of the rioters stop him from coming down.
The roof collapses and he becomes trapped in the fire.
He finds himself and his men targets of the gunfire.
2)

How are Gladis Sibrian and her friends described by other people? (from Justice, Lucia)

Ruthless and cunning.
Idealistic and romantic.
Aggressive and lazy.
Afraid of their own shadows.
3)

What reason does Katie Miller give to explain why Korean stores are burned in black neighborhoods? (from The War Zone, That's Another Story | The War Zone, Godzilla)

Koreans never tried to get to know the people that came into the stores.
The prices in the stores were higher for blacks than for Koreans.
Blacks were not allowed inside the stores.
Koreans were really a snob race.
4)

What comment does Julio Menjivar hear from the police officers who are passing by the looting scene? (from The War Zone, To Look Like Girls from Little | The War Zone, National Guard)

A joke about how pleasant it would be if a fire was started.
A threat about starting a fire in the neighborhood.
An expression of fear.
They said that it was fine that they were destroying their own neighborhood.
5)

According to Oh, what significant function does the frontal lobe of the brain perform? (from The War Zone, Kinda Lonely | The War Zone, To Drive)

It lets a person smell.
It pumps blood from the heart to the brain.
It is where learning skills and a person's basic characteristics are.
It enables a person to distinguish colors.
6)

What report does Maxine Waters refer to that discusses the ills of society, among others? (from The War Zone, The Unheard | The War Zone, Washington)

Report Against Police Violence.
Kerner Commission Report.
Waters Commission Report.
Gates Commission Report.
7)

What do people tell Gladis Sibrian while she is growing up? (from Justice, Lucia)

She can do anything she wants.
She will not be listened to because she is a woman.
She needs to kill the President first.
She cannot change anything in Panama.
8)

How does Twilight Bey describe himself? (from Justice, Limbo/Twilight #2)

A pitbull.
A bullfrog.
A watchdog.
A stallion.
9)

What is the female student thinking of at the time of the riots? (from The War Zone, The Beverly Hills Hotel | The War Zone, I Was Scared)

She is scared that he might sell all his cars and leave town.
She thinks that his father might have a driving accident.
She is worried that he might not remember to turn off the lights in the car.
She was worried that one of her father's car might be hit by a bottle.
10)

According to Katie Miller, who does the looting in the Korean stores? (from The War Zone, That's Another Story | The War Zone, Godzilla)

Asians.
White Americans.
Mexicans.
Blacks.
11)

Where does Owen Smet get his training to become a deadeye? (from Twilight, A Deadeye)

Philippines.
India.
Thailand.
Vietnam.
12)

What statement do the police give as a reason for Lance's arrest? (from The War Zone, Trophies | The War Zone, It's Awful Hard to Break Away)

Lance was a known gang member and a drug dealer.
Lance was into child slavery.
Lance was a pimp.
Lance was a thief.
13)

What assurance does Walter Park hold on to, despite the fact that his wife is not expressive? (from The War Zone, Kinda Lonely | The War Zone, To Drive)

They have a life insurance policy.
She loves him even though she does not express it well.
She will never leave him for another man.
Their home cannot be touched by the rioters.
14)

According to Betye Saar, how do some people view magic? (from Twilight, Magic #2)

It is the work of Satan.
Saar did not say anything about the sky that night.
It is considered an entertainment.
Magic is always well-accepted.
15)

Who arrives at the scene of the looting, and also eventually harms Julio Menjivar? (from The War Zone, To Look Like Girls from Little | The War Zone, National Guard)

The Los Angeles Police.
The Crime Scene Investigation Unit.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The National Guard.
16)

How many years does it take for everyone to forget about the commission and the commitments people have made? (from Twilight, Something Cooking Here)

Two.
Five.
Four.
Three.
17)

How does Betye Saar describe the look of the sky that night when the riots began? (from Twilight, Magic #2)

A limbo time.
There is nothing unusual about the sky that night.
Like lightning but no rain.
It hints of pleasant surprises to come.
18)

What particular word does Paula Weinstein use in her press release that is objected to by the entertainment industry people? (from Twilight, I Remember Going... | Twilight, A Jungian Collective Unconscious)

Uptown.
Upset.
Uprising.
Upheaval.
19)

Do Koreans receive welfare or food stamps? (from Justice, Swallowing the Bitterness)

Not all the time.
No.
Yes.
When it's raining hard.
20)

Why is Twilight Bey nicknamed "Twilight"? (from Justice, Limbo/Twilight #2)

He is an albino.
He stays out all night until the sun comes out.
He is afraid of the sunlight.
He does not go out during the daytime.
21)

Where are the female student's parents during the riots? (from The War Zone, The Beverly Hills Hotel | The War Zone, I Was Scared)

On a golf tournament.
On a retreat with their neighbors.
In France.
Driving across country to California.
22)

What statement does Bill Bradley make about corporations and institutions? (from Twilight, Application of the Laws)

The moral power of corporations and institutions has to be brought to bear when colored people are treated unjustly.
Corporations and institutions should donate more towards charitable causes.
He does not make any statements about corporations and institutions.
Corporations and institutions are doing their social obligations to the people.
23)

What statement does Paul Parker make about the LAPD's efforts to find and arrest the people responsible for Reginald Denny's beating? (from The War Zone, Trophies | The War Zone, It's Awful Hard to Break Away)

It shouldn't have been done in the first place.
It would have been done better if the FBI was involved.
The efforts were mostly a public relations program prompted by certain criticisms.
It was inefficient since not enough violence was employed.
24)

What kind of tax is Otis Chandler proposing to help raise the money for the community? (from Twilight, Something Cooking Here)

Parking tax.
Cigarette tax.
Sales or gasoline tax.
Reading tax.
25)

Why does Evers go to the hospital immediately after she walks home from work? (from The War Zone, To Look Like Girls from Little | The War Zone, National Guard)

She was shot and she was worried about the baby in her womb.
She forgot that it was time for her prenatal checkup.
She wanted to visit a friend who had been shot.
She just wanted to see how many have been wounded from the riots.
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