View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Twilight, Ask Saddam Hussein.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Captain Lane Haywood gets up on the roof to handle the fire better?
(a) It suddenly rains.
(b) The roof collapses and he becomes trapped in the fire.
(c) He finds himself and his men targets of the gunfire.
(d) Some of the rioters stop him from coming down.

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

3. What action plan do the upper middle class in the Beverly Hills restaurant talk about in relation to the riots?
(a) Hiring private security.
(b) Hiding in their homes.
(c) Leaving town.
(d) Buying a gun.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Elaine Brown's former occupation?

2. What statement do the police give as a reason for Lance's arrest?

3. What does Joe Viola tell his wife when he recovers from all of the shock?

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

5. What is the female student thinking of at the time of the riots?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 416 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample