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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the vision in the early 1960s, according to Mike Davis?
(a) Black kids can be surfers, too.
(b) Black kids should be given special treatment.
(c) Black kids should be given twice the challenges that white kids endure.
(d) Black kids should be separated from white kids.

2. According to Big Al, what could Denny have been trying to do by driving his truck down a residential street?
(a) Making friends with his neighbors.
(b) He was looking for someone to beat.
(c) Intimidating the neighborhood.
(d) Showing off his truck.

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

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

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

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

7. 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 experience in fighting.
(d) Because of their guns, and being a gunfighter is equated to being tough.

8. According to the Anonymous Man, what has changed between older and younger gang members?
(a) Older gang members are great conversationalists, while this skill is lost on younger gang members.
(b) Older gang members respected their elders, but such respect has disappeared among younger members.
(c) Younger members have become much more aggressive than the older gang members.
(d) Younger gang members have become louder, and tend to attract more attention than older gang members.

9. What reason does Katie Miller give to explain why Korean stores are burned in black neighborhoods?
(a) Blacks were not allowed inside the stores.
(b) Koreans were really a snob race.
(c) Koreans never tried to get to know the people that came into the stores.
(d) The prices in the stores were higher for blacks than for Koreans.

10. According to Theresa Allison, what event prompts her to start the Mothers Reclaiming Our Children (Mothers ROC) group?
(a) The weakening of the dollar in the international market.
(b) The addiction of one of her sons to drugs.
(c) The finalization of her divorce with her husband.
(d) The killing of her nephew, Tiny, in 1991.

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

12. According to Jason Sanford, who are "they"?
(a) "They" are the Mexicans, Chinese and blacks that populate his neighborhood.
(b) He does not give an explanation as to who "they" are.
(c) He says that "they" represent a combination of many things for him.
(d) "They" are the cops of Los Angeles.

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

14. According to Richard Kim, what does his father tell him about the day of the verdict when they went looking for police?
(a) The police quickly helped them, which prevented their store from being looted.
(b) The police ignored them because they were playing a game of poker.
(c) There were no police to be found when the looting of their applicance store started.
(d) The police asked for money before assisting them.

15. Sheinbaum heard women screaming about people coming into the building. At that same time, what comes through the seven to ten-foot high plate glass windowpanes?
(a) A car.
(b) A dead man.
(c) A rock.
(d) A black cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comment does Julio Menjivar hear from the police officers who are passing by the looting scene?

2. How does Rudy Salas, Sr. refer to his feelings of racism?

3. According to Mike Davis, what does the gang truce signify?

4. Particularly for Salas, when does he realize that gringos are his enemies?

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

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