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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much fine does Julio Menjivar have to pay as a result of his arrest?
(a) $350.
(b) $150.
(c) $250.
(d) $500.

2. 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) Five o'clock in the afternoon.
(b) Four o'clock in the afternoon.
(c) Six o'clock in the afternoon.
(d) Eight o'clock the following morning.

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

4. How does Mike Davis describe the gang truce he has witnessed?
(a) Staged.
(b) An act in survival.
(c) Politically motivated.
(d) Miraculous.

5. What happens when Captain Lane Haywood gets up on the roof to handle the fire better?
(a) He finds himself and his men targets of the gunfire.
(b) The roof collapses and he becomes trapped in the fire.
(c) Some of the rioters stop him from coming down.
(d) It suddenly rains.

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

7. What does Walter Park talk about during the interview?
(a) His younger days in Korea.
(b) His love for his wife and stepson.
(c) His want to return to Korea and about how lonely he feels.
(d) His courage during the riots.

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

9. Who shoots Walter Park, according to the African-American woman in the car behind him?
(a) An Asian.
(b) A Korean.
(c) A Mexican.
(d) An African-American.

10. Who arrives at the scene of the looting, and also eventually harms Julio Menjivar?
(a) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(b) The Crime Scene Investigation Unit.
(c) The Los Angeles Police.
(d) The National Guard.

11. How does Rudy Salas, Sr. refer to his feelings of racism?
(a) Fanaticism.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Epiphany.
(d) Fantasy.

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

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

14. 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) His vote was very critical in the verdict and the events that followed the trial.
(c) This particular case should have been done in a very private, confidential manner.
(d) 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.

15. 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) Their store was completely looted and later burned.
(c) They had to wait in line for food rations.
(d) They were mobbed by the angry supporters of Rodney King.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Stephen, Salas' son, handle his encounter with the policeman in which the policeman put a gun to his head?

2. According to Reginald Denny, why do people become upset whenever he gets his truck off the freeway?

3. How does Richard Kim describe the looting?

4. What does Joe Viola tell his wife when he recovers from all of the shock?

5. How does Mrs. Park describe her ordeal during Mr. Park's hospitalization?

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