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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Here's A Nobody, Magic | Here's A Nobody, Hammer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Salas' father's hatred of gringos stem from?
(a) From being brainstormed by his wife, who had a bad experience with gringos.
(b) From the fact that gringos are unreasonable people, as he experienced in his encounter with them in Mexico.
(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.

2. There was once a demonstration of 850 people, including Spanish and white people. What is the event that precedes the demonstration?
(a) Allison's speech.
(b) The general assembly of the police in the area.
(c) The general assembly of the Mothers ROC.
(d) Tiny's funeral.

3. What statement does Garcetti make about the credibility of police officers?
(a) He says that he would rather consult a crystal ball than listen to a police officer.
(b) The beatings featured in the news has even intensified the police's credibility.
(c) The current environment of fear has made the credibility of the police somewhat more questionable.
(d) The environment of fear created by the acts of the police have raised the credibility of the force.

4. According to Cornel West, what difference do black men have over black women, which therefore makes them heroes?
(a) Black men defy authority while black women cannot.
(b) Black men are more ideological.
(c) Black men know how to handle the politics and the environment.
(d) Black men are more obedient to the laws of the land.

5. What statement does Allison make about the police and their style when it comes to killings?
(a) The police like to make killings look like drive-by shootings.
(b) The police don't like killing at all.
(c) She does not say anything about the subject.
(d) The police like to make killings in a very discreet manner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michael Zinzun do with his time?

2. While driving downtown, what incident does Stanley K. Sheinbaum cite as a premonition of bad things to come?

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

4. Sheinbaum heard women screaming about people coming into the building. At that same time, what comes through the seven to ten-foot high plate glass windowpanes?

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

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