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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The War Zone, A Weird Common Thread in Our Lives | The War Zone, A Badge of Courage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Angela King react whenever she talks about the beating of her nephew and of his condition?
(a) She cries.
(b) She raises her voice in anger.
(c) She curses all the policemen in the world.
(d) She does not show any emotion.

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

3. What is Proposition F?
(a) A resolution preventing African-Americans from driving luxury cars.
(b) A policy prohibiting riots to take place on weekdays.
(c) A legislation which aims to appoint African-Americans as chief of police.
(d) An effort to limit the police chief's term to five years.

4. How does Stephen, Salas' son, handle his encounter with the policeman in which the policeman put a gun to his head?
(a) He wrote to all the major dailies to tell them of the abuse.
(b) He told his father about it as soon as he came home.
(c) Stephen did not tell his father right away.
(d) He made a complaint about the policeman in the nearest police station.

5. What statement does Sergeant Charles Duke give about Officer Powell's use of his police baton?
(a) Officer Powell is an expert at the use of police baton.
(b) Officer Powell shouldn't have been allowed to use the police baton at all.
(c) The police baton Officer Powell was using was substandard and therefore offered no force.
(d) Officer Powell was not using his polce baton effectively.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when Captain Lane Haywood gets up on the roof to handle the fire better?

3. According to Big Al, what could Denny have been trying to do by driving his truck down a residential street?

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

5. What statement does Haywood make about the women he sees in the riots and the fire?

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