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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. What reassurance does the police officer give to the jurors on the bus whom he is escorting to the courthouse?
(a) People don't recognize them anyway and that the commotion was very much a normal one.
(b) The people gathered in front of the courthouse did not care about the jurors, and therefore did not notice them.
(c) There is no need to worry if people threw rocks and bottles because the windows of the bus were bulletproof.
(d) Everything will be forgotten in a week, so jurors should better come up with a verdict then.

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

3. 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 fighting against the gringos when Pershing went after Pancho Villa in Chihuahua.
(c) From being brainstormed by his wife, who had a bad experience with gringos.
(d) From his childhood, when he was being bullied by gringos in his hometown.

4. What effect does being a policeman have inside a courtroom?
(a) He seems to be surrounded by a kind of magic brought about by the respect people have for members of the police force.
(b) He always brings about riot in the courtroom because of the passionate feelings the public has towards policemen in general.
(c) He silences the crowd inside the courtroom because of the raw power he exudes.
(d) He makes people stay away from courtrooms.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Jason Sanford, who are "they"?

2. 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?

3. How does Stephen, Salas' son, handle his encounter with the policeman in which the policeman put a gun to his head?

4. Why is Josie Morales never called to testify for the trial of Rodney King?

5. Why does Josie Morales' husband want to go inside and stop watching?

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