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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Here's A Nobody, Carmen | Here's A Nobody, Where the Water Is.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Angela King react whenever she talks about the beating of her nephew and of his condition?
(a) She does not show any emotion.
(b) She cries.
(c) She raises her voice in anger.
(d) She curses all the policemen in the world.

2. What is the Anonymous Man's belief in shooting a person in broad daylight?
(a) He doesn't offer any belief or idea whatsoever on the topic.
(b) That there is poetic justice in shooting someone in broad daylight.
(c) That under no circumstances should he shoot someone in broad daylight.
(d) That most people will run away scared immediately instead of taking time to identify the shooter.

3. What is the vision in the early 1960s, according to Mike Davis?
(a) Black kids should be given special treatment.
(b) Black kids can be surfers, too.
(c) Black kids should be separated from white kids.
(d) Black kids should be given twice the challenges that white kids endure.

4. What are "choke holds"?
(a) It is a slang for choking a subject to death.
(b) These are the techniques in using a police baton effectively.
(c) It is a choker worn by a police officer to identify him as an expert in choke methods.
(d) These are upper body control holds which the LAPD used in the past.

5. What effect does his encounter with the police officers in 1942 have on Salas?
(a) He founded an organization whose sole aim is to keep track of the movements of the policemen in his community.
(b) He maintained a community newspaper that printed only stories about policemen.
(c) A strong hatred for white police officers.
(d) A strong admiration for police officers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What statement does Allison make about the police and their style when it comes to killings?

2. How does Mike Davis describe the gang truce he has witnessed?

3. What statement does Sergeant Charles Duke give about Officer Powell's use of his police baton?

4. How much does Michael Zinzun get from the trial in which the city is ordered to pay him?

5. Where does Salas' father's hatred of gringos stem from?

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