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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What statement does Sergeant Charles Duke give about Officer Powell's use of his police baton?
(a) Officer Powell is an expert at the use of police baton.
(b) Officer Powell shouldn't have been allowed to use the police baton at all.
(c) Officer Powell was not using his polce baton effectively.
(d) The police baton Officer Powell was using was substandard and therefore offered no force.

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

5. How does Mrs. Park describe her ordeal during Mr. Park's hospitalization?
(a) She cannot bear to look at him.
(b) She spends all her time with him, taking care of him.
(c) She asked her relatives to be with her to help her take care of Mr. Park.
(d) She spends all her time at church, praying for his recovery.

6. What assurance does Walter Park hold on to, despite the fact that his wife is not expressive?
(a) She will never leave him for another man.
(b) They have a life insurance policy.
(c) Their home cannot be touched by the rioters.
(d) She loves him even though she does not express it well.

7. What is the Anonymous Man's belief in shooting a person in broad daylight?
(a) That there is poetic justice in shooting someone in broad daylight.
(b) That most people will run away scared immediately instead of taking time to identify the shooter.
(c) He doesn't offer any belief or idea whatsoever on the topic.
(d) That under no circumstances should he shoot someone in broad daylight.

8. What name does Angela King call her nephew, Rodney?
(a) Victor.
(b) Ben.
(c) Glen.
(d) Carl.

9. What statement does Tom Bradley eventually make when the verdict is announced?
(a) He said that the judicial system once again worked.
(b) He suddenly changed his mind and chose not to give any statement.
(c) Support for the verdict and the jurors.
(d) Outrage at the verdict, but he discouraged violence.

10. 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 Kodak Theater.
(b) The Beverly Center.
(c) The Beverly Stadium.
(d) The Beverly Hills Hotel.

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

12. 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) Leaving town.
(c) Hiding in their homes.
(d) Buying a gun.

13. What statement does Judith Tur make about white people and their anger?
(a) Their anger is healthy and should be given its proper attention.
(b) They are getting so angry that they are moving back fifty years in their attitudes towards race instead of moving forward.
(c) She says that their anger is a sign of progress, which will help them cope with race differences.
(d) They were never angry about races.

14. Particularly for Salas, when does he realize that gringos are his enemies?
(a) When he went to school with them and was forbidden from sitting beside them.
(b) When he met them in the parking lot of a grocery store in Mexico.
(c) When he went to first grade and he was told that he was inferior because he was Mexican.
(d) When he fought with them over a can of beer in a bar in Mexico.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What comment does Jason Sanford usually get from the police about his looks?

2. What are "choke holds"?

3. According to Richard Kim, what does his father tell him about the day of the verdict when they went looking for police?

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

5. To what movie does the anonymous Hollywood agent compare the scene he sees in the garage with many people running?

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