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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Denny plan to put up in his own house someday to remember the people who have saved him?
(a) A room dedicated to the riots.
(b) A painting of Rodney King.
(c) A painting of the scene of the riots.
(d) A picture mosaic of the images of the riot.

2. According to Chris Oh, what happens at the time Walter Park is shot?
(a) He stepped on the accelerator and ran down a kid.
(b) He was unable to stop his car and bumped his head on the windshield.
(c) He pressed down on his car's accelerator and ran into a telephone pole.
(d) He was talking to somebody on the phone when he hit a telephone pole.

3. What statement does Garcetti make about the credibility of police officers?
(a) The environment of fear created by the acts of the police have raised the credibility of the force.
(b) The current environment of fear has made the credibility of the police somewhat more questionable.
(c) He says that he would rather consult a crystal ball than listen to a police officer.
(d) The beatings featured in the news has even intensified the police's credibility.

4. According to the Anonymous Man, what has changed between older and younger gang members?
(a) Older gang members are great conversationalists, while this skill is lost on younger gang members.
(b) Younger members have become much more aggressive than the older gang members.
(c) Older gang members respected their elders, but such respect has disappeared among younger members.
(d) Younger gang members have become louder, and tend to attract more attention than older gang members.

5. How does Michael Zinzun come to be blind in one eye?
(a) In one of the riots he attended, there was a stray bullet which hit him on the left eye.
(b) He was frying pancakes one time and the sizzling butter zinged his right eye.
(c) Michael Zinzun is not at all blind in one eye.
(d) During a riot, one of the policemen hit him in the eye with a flashlight.

6. What does the video show at the beginning of the riots?
(a) Rodney King exchanging a few angry words with the policemen.
(b) Several policemen talking to themselves, apparently discussing their strategy.
(c) Several men beating Reginald Denny, as well as some women taking pictures of the beating.
(d) Several women fleeing the scene, leaving their cameras in the process.

7. While driving downtown, what incident does Stanley K. Sheinbaum cite as a premonition of bad things to come?
(a) He saw a billboard that says "Stop, turn around."
(b) He saw a black BMW driven by an African-American woman, who had a hammer in her hand.
(c) A black cat crossed the road.
(d) A bucket of paint from a very tall building fell on the road, splashing red paint which looked like blood.

8. What do the doctors at the hospital tell Evers?
(a) The baby will have a sustained sickness from the bullet.
(b) The baby will be deaf because of the loud shot it heard.
(c) The baby cannot live longer than seven days.
(d) The baby caught the bullet in her arms, which saved both Evers and the baby.

9. On the day of the verdict, how many versions does Tom Bradley prepare for his statement to the press?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

10. How does Elvira Evers describe the looting that goes on after the Rodney King verdict?
(a) There wasn't any looting that took place after the verdict.
(b) Everyone was taking things and was acting as if they were at a carnival.
(c) Everyone united in looting, conspiring to get the most out of the stores.
(d) Colored people looted only from white-owned stores and vice versa.

11. 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 CSI badge.
(d) It refers to the FBI badge.

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

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

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

15. What specific skills is Oh concerned about; one that his father can no longer perform?
(a) Golfing.
(b) Driving.
(c) Writing.
(d) Reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. There was once a demonstration of 850 people, including Spanish and white people. What is the event that precedes the demonstration?

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

3. Who arrives at the scene of the looting, and also eventually harms Julio Menjivar?

4. While confined in the hospital on morphine, Reginald Denny remembers some characters coming to see him. Who are they?

5. What is Proposition F?

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