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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. According to Cornel West, what difference do black men have over black women, which therefore makes them heroes?
(a) Black men are more ideological.
(b) Black men defy authority while black women cannot.
(c) Black men know how to handle the politics and the environment.
(d) Black men are more obedient to the laws of the land.
2. According to Richard Kim, what does his father tell him about the day of the verdict when they went looking for police?
(a) The police asked for money before assisting them.
(b) The police ignored them because they were playing a game of poker.
(c) The police quickly helped them, which prevented their store from being looted.
(d) There were no police to be found when the looting of their applicance store started.
3. What particular incident makes Viola go into shock?
(a) A man with a briefcase hit a girl on her head and left her for dead.
(b) A kid with a nine-millimeter gun pointed in his general direction, who told him that he was going to kill him.
(c) A kid with a nine-millimeter gun shot a man to death in front of him.
(d) A girl with a briefcase hit a man repeatedly and left him for dead.
4. What name does Angela King call her nephew, Rodney?
(a) Ben.
(b) Glen.
(c) Carl.
(d) Victor.
5. What is Jason Sanford's belief about him going out in the streets after the Rodney King verdict?
(a) That he might have been beaten terribly.
(b) That he might be stoned.
(c) That he probably would not have been beaten because of how he looks.
(d) That he would have been called in for questioning by the police.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Angela King describe their upbringing when it comes to the issue of racism?
2. According to Cornel West, why do gunfighters become heroes?
3. How does Michael Zinzun come to be blind in one eye?
4. What are "choke holds"?
5. How does Angela King react whenever she talks about the beating of her nephew and of his condition?
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