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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What statement does Haywood make about the women he sees in the riots and the fire?
(a) They all looked frail and fragile and it was unfortunate that they were caught up in the riots.
(b) He saw how gentle the female species were.
(c) He felt an urgent need to protect the women he saw.
(d) He has never seen such hostility in females as he saw that day.

2. How does Angela King react whenever she talks about the beating of her nephew and of his condition?
(a) She curses all the policemen in the world.
(b) She raises her voice in anger.
(c) She cries.
(d) She does not show any emotion.

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

4. What is Proposition F?
(a) An effort to limit the police chief's term to five years.
(b) A resolution preventing African-Americans from driving luxury cars.
(c) A legislation which aims to appoint African-Americans as chief of police.
(d) A policy prohibiting riots to take place on weekdays.

5. How does Richard Kim describe the looting?
(a) It was like witnessing a kangaroo give birth.
(b) It was like being deaf and blind for a few minutes.
(c) It was like going into a war.
(d) Tthere was nothing like it.

6. 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 drive away for a while until the riot dies down.
(c) He was going to buy liquor from the store.
(d) He was going to get their kids.

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

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

9. What reassurance does the police officer give to the jurors on the bus whom he is escorting to the courthouse?
(a) There is no need to worry if people threw rocks and bottles because the windows of the bus were bulletproof.
(b) The people gathered in front of the courthouse did not care about the jurors, and therefore did not notice them.
(c) Everything will be forgotten in a week, so jurors should better come up with a verdict then.
(d) People don't recognize them anyway and that the commotion was very much a normal one.

10. Why does Josie Morales keep watching the beating of Rodney King from her apartment?
(a) She was waiting for an opportunity to discuss with her neighbors.
(b) She was waiting for an opportunity to help Rodney King.
(c) She was enjoying the beating of 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.

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

12. Why is Josie Morales never called to testify for the trial of Rodney King?
(a) Because she is a woman.
(b) Because she did come forward and expressed willingness to testify.
(c) She was told that her testimony contradicted that of another witness, Melanie Singer.
(d) Because she is not all-American.

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

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

15. How does Angela King describe their upbringing when it comes to the issue of racism?
(a) That they were forced to make friends only with the other races, and forbidden to mingle with blacks.
(b) That they were not raised in a racist way.
(c) That they were raised to only mingle with the blacks, and were forbidden to make friends with any other race.
(d) That they grew up thinking the other races were enemies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which particular incident after the trial makes the anonymous juror from Simi Valley most upset?

2. According to Chris Oh, how is his father shot, based on the story he hears?

3. How does Mike Davis describe the gang truce he has witnessed?

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

5. According to Chris Oh, what happens at the time Walter Park is shot?

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