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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 painting of the scene of the riots.
(b) A picture mosaic of the images of the riot.
(c) A room dedicated to the riots.
(d) A painting of Rodney King.

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

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

4. What comment does Jason Sanford usually get from the police about his looks?
(a) That his looks will always lead him into trouble.
(b) That he looked like a responsible all-American white boy.
(c) That he looked so young for his age.
(d) He has not received any comment from the police about his looks.

5. What action plan do the upper middle class in the Beverly Hills restaurant talk about in relation to the riots?
(a) Leaving town.
(b) Hiring private security.
(c) Hiding in their homes.
(d) Buying a gun.

6. What happens to Chung Lee and to his family the day the Rodney King verdicts are announced?
(a) They were forced to give up their money for the people who were rioting outside their store.
(b) They had to wait in line for food rations.
(c) They were mobbed by the angry supporters of Rodney King.
(d) Their store was completely looted and later burned.

7. What is "a badge of courage" as referred to in the story?
(a) It refers to the police badge.
(b) It refers to the CSI badge.
(c) It refers to the fire department badge.
(d) It refers to the FBI badge.

8. 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 twice the challenges that white kids endure.
(c) Black kids can be surfers, too.
(d) Black kids should be given special treatment.

9. What statement does the anonymous juror from Simi Valley make about his involvement in the Rodney King trial?
(a) This particular case should have been done in a very private, confidential manner.
(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) His vote was very critical in the verdict and the events that followed the trial.
(d) He would have voted differently if he had known what would happen afterwards.

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

11. 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) Michael Zinzun is not at all blind in one eye.
(c) During a riot, one of the policemen hit him in the eye with a flashlight.
(d) He was frying pancakes one time and the sizzling butter zinged his right eye.

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

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

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

15. What statement does Big Al make about the Rodney King beating and the media attention it receives?
(a) It would have been a normal routine procedure if not for the media exposure it received.
(b) The media did not fairly potray Rodney King as a model black citizen.
(c) The media should not have been involved and the case will go away quietly.
(d) There was nothing new about black people being beaten, it was just brought into public view this time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Angela King call her nephew, Rodney?

2. Why does Evers go to the hospital immediately after she walks home from work?

3. According to Cornel West, why do gunfighters become heroes?

4. What does the video show at the beginning of the riots?

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

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