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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. What is the Anonymous Man's belief in shooting a person in broad daylight?
(a) That there is poetic justice in shooting someone in broad daylight.
(b) That most people will run away scared immediately instead of taking time to identify the shooter.
(c) He doesn't offer any belief or idea whatsoever on the topic.
(d) That under no circumstances should he shoot someone in broad daylight.
2. Where does Salas' father's hatred of gringos stem from?
(a) From the fact that gringos are unreasonable people, as he experienced in his encounter with them in Mexico.
(b) From being brainstormed by his wife, who had a bad experience with gringos.
(c) From his childhood, when he was being bullied by gringos in his hometown.
(d) From fighting against the gringos when Pershing went after Pancho Villa in Chihuahua.
3. How does Stephen, Salas' son, handle his encounter with the policeman in which the policeman put a gun to his head?
(a) He made a complaint about the policeman in the nearest police station.
(b) He wrote to all the major dailies to tell them of the abuse.
(c) He told his father about it as soon as he came home.
(d) Stephen did not tell his father right away.
4. 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) A strong admiration for police officers.
(c) He maintained a community newspaper that printed only stories about policemen.
(d) A strong hatred for white police officers.
5. How does Mike Davis describe the gang truce he has witnessed?
(a) An act in survival.
(b) Staged.
(c) Politically motivated.
(d) Miraculous.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Cornel West, what difference do black men have over black women, which therefore makes them heroes?
2. How does Angela King react whenever she talks about the beating of her nephew and of his condition?
3. What name does Angela King call her nephew, Rodney?
4. What does Michael Zinzun do with his time?
5. Who are the "curious people"?
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