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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who shoots Walter Park, according to the African-American woman in the car behind him?
(a) An Asian.
(b) A Korean.
(c) A Mexican.
(d) An African-American.

2. Why does Josie Morales keep watching the beating of Rodney King from her apartment?
(a) She was enjoying the beating of Rodney King.
(b) She was waiting for an opportunity to discuss with her neighbors.
(c) She was waiting for an opportunity to help Rodney King.
(d) She believes that what the police were doing was a wrong thing and she wanted to be able to testify at the trial.

3. How much does Michael Zinzun get from the trial in which the city is ordered to pay him?
(a) $3 million.
(b) $2.1 million.
(c) $12 million.
(d) $1.2 million.

4. What does Joe Viola tell his wife when he recovers from all of the shock?
(a) He was going to get his gun and shoot anyone he sees.
(b) He was going to buy liquor from the store.
(c) He was going to get their kids.
(d) He was going to drive away for a while until the riot dies down.

5. At the time when the Hollywood agent is dining in one of the Beverly Hills restaurants, what building is burned, which leads to even more fear among the people?
(a) The Beverly Hills Hotel.
(b) The Kodak Theater.
(c) The Beverly Stadium.
(d) The Beverly Center.

6. What reassurance does the police officer give to the jurors on the bus whom he is escorting to the courthouse?
(a) The people gathered in front of the courthouse did not care about the jurors, and therefore did not notice them.
(b) People don't recognize them anyway and that the commotion was very much a normal one.
(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.

7. According to Oh, what significant function does the frontal lobe of the brain perform?
(a) It is where learning skills and a person's basic characteristics are.
(b) It pumps blood from the heart to the brain.
(c) It enables a person to distinguish colors.
(d) It lets a person smell.

8. What happens to Chung Lee and to his family the day the Rodney King verdicts are announced?
(a) They were mobbed by the angry supporters of Rodney King.
(b) Their store was completely looted and later burned.
(c) They were forced to give up their money for the people who were rioting outside their store.
(d) They had to wait in line for food rations.

9. Where does Salas' father's hatred of gringos stem from?
(a) From his childhood, when he was being bullied by gringos in his hometown.
(b) From fighting against the gringos when Pershing went after Pancho Villa in Chihuahua.
(c) From the fact that gringos are unreasonable people, as he experienced in his encounter with them in Mexico.
(d) From being brainstormed by his wife, who had a bad experience with gringos.

10. According to Mike Davis, what does the gang truce signify?
(a) That there is a generation that refuses to commit suicide.
(b) That there is still hope among the youth of today.
(c) That the youth of today value their parents very much.
(d) That the youth of today are intelligent human beings who think about society.

11. How does Rudy Salas, Sr. refer to his feelings of racism?
(a) Insanity.
(b) Fanaticism.
(c) Fantasy.
(d) Epiphany.

12. Who is shot during the looting of Richard Kim's appliance store?
(a) Richard Kim's sister.
(b) Richard Kim.
(c) Richard Kim's father.
(d) Richard Kim's mother.

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

14. Who are the "curious people"?
(a) They are the old ladies in the neighborhood of Los Angeles, who tend to pry in all the happenings around them.
(b) They are the kids of Los Angeles who have an overwhelming curiosity about everything around them.
(c) They are the bag ladies loitering the streets of Los Angeles.
(d) They are the gangs of Los Angeles whom Stanley K. Sheinbaum had a chance to talk to.

15. What does Gil Garcetti believe in when it comes to jurors and their participation in trials?
(a) Most jurors do not take their duties seriously and that their participation in trials be limited to those of observers.
(b) Ordinary civilians should not be tasked with matters of the law.
(c) The judiciary system has to be changed to give less power to jurors and more to judges and district attorneys.
(d) Most jurors take their oath seriously and because the burden of proof in a criminal trial is very high, jurors must carefully examine and consider all evidence in a case.

Short Answer Questions

1. What particular incident makes Viola go into shock?

2. According to Katie Miller, who does the looting in the Korean stores?

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

4. What are "choke holds"?

5. According to the Anonymous Man, what has changed between older and younger gang members?

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