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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The War Zone, "Don't Shoot" | The War Zone, Butta Boom.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Michael Zinzun come to be blind in one eye?
(a) Michael Zinzun is not at all blind in one eye.
(b) He was frying pancakes one time and the sizzling butter zinged his right eye.
(c) In one of the riots he attended, there was a stray bullet which hit him on the left eye.
(d) During a riot, one of the policemen hit him in the eye with a flashlight.
2. How does Joe Viola describe the way he felt when he was caught in the riots?
(a) He was terrified for the first time in his life.
(b) He had never known riots could be so exciting.
(c) He suddenly cried and couldn't stop himself from crying.
(d) He suddenly felt heroic and wanted to protect the women and children he saw.
3. What is Proposition F?
(a) A resolution preventing African-Americans from driving luxury cars.
(b) A policy prohibiting riots to take place on weekdays.
(c) An effort to limit the police chief's term to five years.
(d) A legislation which aims to appoint African-Americans as chief of police.
4. Sheinbaum heard women screaming about people coming into the building. At that same time, what comes through the seven to ten-foot high plate glass windowpanes?
(a) A rock.
(b) A dead man.
(c) A black cat.
(d) A car.
5. While driving downtown, what incident does Stanley K. Sheinbaum cite as a premonition of bad things to come?
(a) He saw a black BMW driven by an African-American woman, who had a hammer in her hand.
(b) A black cat crossed the road.
(c) He saw a billboard that says "Stop, turn around."
(d) A bucket of paint from a very tall building fell on the road, splashing red paint which looked like blood.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Joe Viola tell his wife when he recovers from all of the shock?
2. How does Richard Kim describe the looting?
3. How does Angela King describe their upbringing when it comes to the issue of racism?
4. What are "choke holds"?
5. What particular incident makes Viola go into shock?
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