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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 curses all the policemen in the world.
(c) She raises her voice in anger.
(d) She cries.

2. According to Cornel West, why do gunfighters become heroes?
(a) Because of their experience in fighting.
(b) Because of the number of people they have killed.
(c) Because gunfighters usually have high moral standards.
(d) Because of their guns, and being a gunfighter is equated to being tough.

3. What theory does the scholar Cornel West give on gangsterism?
(a) Gangsterism is a lousy excuse for unacceptable behavior.
(b) Gangsterism arises from the frontier myth and the myth of the gunfighter in American history.
(c) Gangsterism is overrated in general.
(d) Gangsterism is an ideology created by people who have lost all hope.

4. What is the Anonymous Man's belief in shooting a person in broad daylight?
(a) That under no circumstances should he shoot 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 there is poetic justice in shooting someone in broad daylight.

5. How much does Michael Zinzun get from the trial in which the city is ordered to pay him?
(a) $2.1 million.
(b) $12 million.
(c) $1.2 million.
(d) $3 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. There was once a demonstration of 850 people, including Spanish and white people. What is the event that precedes the demonstration?

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

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

4. How does Michael Zinzun come to be blind in one eye?

5. What name does Angela King call her nephew, Rodney?

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