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

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 curses all the policemen in the world.
(c) She does not show any emotion.
(d) She raises her voice in anger.

2. How much fine does Julio Menjivar have to pay as a result of his arrest?
(a) $250.
(b) $150.
(c) $350.
(d) $500.

3. Why does Evers go to the hospital immediately after she walks home from work?
(a) She just wanted to see how many have been wounded from the riots.
(b) She forgot that it was time for her prenatal checkup.
(c) She was shot and she was worried about the baby in her womb.
(d) She wanted to visit a friend who had been shot.

4. What does Walter Park talk about during the interview?
(a) His courage during the riots.
(b) His want to return to Korea and about how lonely he feels.
(c) His love for his wife and stepson.
(d) His younger days in Korea.

5. To what movie does the anonymous Hollywood agent compare the scene he sees in the garage with many people running?
(a) Terminator 2.
(b) The Day After Tomorrow.
(c) Independence Day.
(d) Godzilla.

6. Which exclusive store is not frequented by many people because the prices are just too high?
(a) Magnin.
(b) Magnum.
(c) Mignon.
(d) Mariott.

7. What is the vision in the early 1960s, according to Mike Davis?
(a) Black kids should be separated from white kids.
(b) Black kids should be given special treatment.
(c) Black kids should be given twice the challenges that white kids endure.
(d) Black kids can be surfers, too.

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

9. There was once a demonstration of 850 people, including Spanish and white people. What is the event that precedes the demonstration?
(a) The general assembly of the police in the area.
(b) Tiny's funeral.
(c) Allison's speech.
(d) The general assembly of the Mothers ROC.

10. While confined in the hospital on morphine, Reginald Denny remembers some characters coming to see him. Who are they?
(a) Denzel Washington and Lawrence Martin.
(b) Reverend Jesse Jackson and Arsenio Hall.
(c) Oprah Winfrey and Will Smith.
(d) Tyra Banks and Eddie Murphy.

11. How does Mike Davis describe the gang truce he has witnessed?
(a) Staged.
(b) Politically motivated.
(c) An act in survival.
(d) Miraculous.

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

13. According to Chris Oh, how is his father shot, based on the story he hears?
(a) At close range, execution style.
(b) By a sniper from the building near his father's car.
(c) From a distance.
(d) From the back of the car.

14. Which particular incident after the trial makes the anonymous juror from Simi Valley most upset?
(a) Receiving a death threat from the family members of Rodney King.
(b) Receiving a letter from the Ku Klux Klan pledging support and inviting him to join the organization.
(c) Receiving a letter from one angry follower of the case, asking if he knew that people were dying and burning buildings in South LA because of him.
(d) Receiving a phone call from Angela King asking how he can sleep at night.

15. What comment does Julio Menjivar hear from the police officers who are passing by the looting scene?
(a) An expression of fear.
(b) A threat about starting a fire in the neighborhood.
(c) They said that it was fine that they were destroying their own neighborhood.
(d) A joke about how pleasant it would be if a fire was started.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Richard Kim describe the looting?

2. How does Mrs. Park describe her ordeal during Mr. Park's hospitalization?

3. What statement does the anonymous juror from Simi Valley make about his involvement in the Rodney King trial?

4. How does Michael Zinzun come to be blind in one eye?

5. What effect does being a policeman have inside a courtroom?

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