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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. 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?
(a) A black cat.
(b) A rock.
(c) A dead man.
(d) A car.

2. What is "a badge of courage" as referred to in the story?
(a) It refers to the fire department badge.
(b) It refers to the police badge.
(c) It refers to the FBI badge.
(d) It refers to the CSI badge.

3. 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.

4. What statement does Haywood make about the women he sees in the riots and the fire?
(a) They all looked frail and fragile and it was unfortunate that they were caught up in the riots.
(b) He saw how gentle the female species were.
(c) He felt an urgent need to protect the women he saw.
(d) He has never seen such hostility in females as he saw that day.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What statement does Allison make about the police and their style when it comes to killings?

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

3. What time does Tom Bradley and his staff plan to go to the media to issue a statement on their reaction to the verdict?

4. What statement does Sergeant Charles Duke give about Officer Powell's use of his police baton?

5. What does Gil Garcetti believe in when it comes to jurors and their participation in trials?

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