Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 198 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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

2. What comment does Jason Sanford usually get from the police about his looks?
(a) That his looks will always lead him into trouble.
(b) He has not received any comment from the police about his looks.
(c) That he looked like a responsible all-American white boy.
(d) That he looked so young for his age.

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

4. What does Michael Zinzun do with his time?
(a) He devotes himself to organizing riots against policemen.
(b) He devotes himself to fighting police abuse.
(c) He devotes himself to looking for a cure for blindness.
(d) He devotes himself to looking for ways to make the city pay the civilian.

5. What is Jason Sanford's belief about him going out in the streets after the Rodney King verdict?
(a) That he probably would not have been beaten because of how he looks.
(b) That he might have been beaten terribly.
(c) That he would have been called in for questioning by the police.
(d) That he might be stoned.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mike Davis, what does the gang truce signify?

2. How does Rudy Salas, Sr. refer to his feelings of racism?

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

4. What is the vision in the early 1960s, according to Mike Davis?

5. What theory does the scholar Cornel West give on gangsterism?

(see the answer key)

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