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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. What statement does Allison make about the police and their style when it comes to killings?
(a) She does not say anything about the subject.
(b) The police like to make killings look like drive-by shootings.
(c) The police don't like killing at all.
(d) The police like to make killings in a very discreet manner.

2. According to Jason Sanford, who are "they"?
(a) "They" are the cops of Los Angeles.
(b) He says that "they" represent a combination of many things for him.
(c) He does not give an explanation as to who "they" are.
(d) "They" are the Mexicans, Chinese and blacks that populate his neighborhood.

3. 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 car.
(c) A dead man.
(d) A black cat.

4. According to Theresa Allison, what event prompts her to start the Mothers Reclaiming Our Children (Mothers ROC) group?
(a) The addiction of one of her sons to drugs.
(b) The finalization of her divorce with her husband.
(c) The weakening of the dollar in the international market.
(d) The killing of her nephew, Tiny, in 1991.

5. What name does Angela King call her nephew, Rodney?
(a) Carl.
(b) Glen.
(c) Victor.
(d) Ben.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Proposition F?

2. According to Cornel West, what difference do black men have over black women, which therefore makes them heroes?

3. How does Richard Kim describe the looting?

4. What is Jason Sanford's belief about him going out in the streets after the Rodney King verdict?

5. While driving downtown, what incident does Stanley K. Sheinbaum cite as a premonition of bad things to come?

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