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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time does Tom Bradley and his staff plan to go to the media to issue a statement on their reaction to the verdict?
(a) Six o'clock in the afternoon.
(b) Eight o'clock the following morning.
(c) Five o'clock in the afternoon.
(d) Four o'clock in the afternoon.

2. According to Reginald Denny, why do people become upset whenever he gets his truck off the freeway?
(a) He honks his horn very loudly whenever he makes a turn.
(b) His truck is a very noisy truck.
(c) He takes up a lot of space when turning because his truck is so big.
(d) He drives like a madman.

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

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

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

6. What statement does the anonymous juror from Simi Valley make about his involvement in the Rodney King trial?
(a) He would have voted differently if he had known what would happen afterwards.
(b) If he had known what would happen afterwards, he would have sent a note to the judge to say that he could not be on the jury because of what it put him and his family through.
(c) This particular case should have been done in a very private, confidential manner.
(d) His vote was very critical in the verdict and the events that followed the trial.

7. 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 defy authority while black women cannot.
(c) Black men are more obedient to the laws of the land.
(d) Black men know how to handle the politics and the environment.

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

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

10. Why does Josie Morales' husband want to go inside and stop watching?
(a) He was afraid that they will be asked to testify in the trial.
(b) He was afraid that Rodney King might call to them for help.
(c) He was afraid to watch because he grew up in Mexico where police abuse is prevalent.
(d) He was afraid that they might be seen and be involved.

11. According to Katie Miller, who does the looting in the Korean stores?
(a) White Americans.
(b) Blacks.
(c) Asians.
(d) Mexicans.

12. What incident does Big Al describe in which he realizes that the conditions in which he lives are so dangerous that everyone must be qualified to carry firearms?
(a) A man at a bubble gum machine pulled a gun on him once.
(b) A man with his baby walked into a gun store and bought a gun while the baby looked on.
(c) He saw a six-year old child carrying a real gun.
(d) A man with a gun used it to buy bubble gums.

13. What is Jason Sanford's belief about him going out in the streets after the Rodney King verdict?
(a) That he would have been called in for questioning by the police.
(b) That he probably would not have been beaten because of how he looks.
(c) That he might have been beaten terribly.
(d) That he might be stoned.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What statement does Sergeant Charles Duke give about Officer Powell's use of his police baton?

2. In what state is Walter Park in while he is being interviewed?

3. What statement does Allison make about the police and their style when it comes to killings?

4. Who shoots Walter Park, according to the African-American woman in the car behind him?

5. What specific skills is Oh concerned about; one that his father can no longer perform?

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