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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Hami Bhabha, what are the people trying to understand?
(a) The complete control of the police force over the rioters.
(b) The calm among government officials.
(c) The serenity of the riots.
(d) The ambivalence of what happened in Los Angeles.

2. Where does Owen Smet get his training to become a deadeye?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) India.
(c) Philippines.
(d) Thailand.

3. Where is the Reverend Tom Choi a minister at?
(a) Anaheim's Presbyterian Church.
(b) Westwood Presbyterian Church.
(c) Polo Lounge Presbyterian Church.
(d) Palo Alto's Presbyterian Church.

4. What particular word does Paula Weinstein use in her press release that is objected to by the entertainment industry people?
(a) Uprising.
(b) Uptown.
(c) Upheaval.
(d) Upset.

5. What gun does Owen Smet start people out with?
(a) A nine millimeter.
(b) A forty-five pistol.
(c) A thirty-eight.
(d) An AK-47.

6. How does Gladis Sibrian describe the riots?
(a) Upheaval.
(b) Chaos.
(c) Uprising.
(d) Social explosion.

7. What issues does Maxine Waters confront the President about?
(a) Insufficient educational budget.
(b) Lack of housing programs.
(c) Addiction and crime.
(d) Unemployment, hopelessness, and despair.

8. When Dean Gilmour is starting his investigation, how many deaths does he think there are?
(a) 14.
(b) 51.
(c) 60.
(d) 38.

9. What does Mrs. Young-soon Han realize after the riots?
(a) Americans love violence.
(b) Koreans immigrants were able to fully adapt to American Society.
(c) Korean immigrants have been left out of American Society.
(d) Koreans love violence.

10. Why is Harland Braun reluctant to take the case of defending an accused in the Rodney King trial?
(a) His client couldn't pay enough.
(b) He didn't want to be involved in the case in any way.
(c) He thinks he is incompetent.
(d) He thought it was a racial beating.

11. What does the Reverend Tom Choi find out after some time in his interaction with the people in the community?
(a) He saw that there was hatred everywhere.
(b) He found that there was too much hostility in people.
(c) He did not see hostility; instead found only friendliness and solidarity.
(d) He found that Koreans, Americans, and blacks were not fighting after all.

12. What does Betye's companion think about the verdict?
(a) He thought that an acquittal is a given.
(b) He thought that there will be trouble because of the acquittal.
(c) He thought that the verdict was unbelievable.
(d) He thought that an acquittal is a career suicide for the judge.

13. What statement does Paul Parker make about the LAPD's efforts to find and arrest the people responsible for Reginald Denny's beating?
(a) It shouldn't have been done in the first place.
(b) It was inefficient since not enough violence was employed.
(c) The efforts were mostly a public relations program prompted by certain criticisms.
(d) It would have been done better if the FBI was involved.

14. What statement does Peter Sellars give about the situation in the city?
(a) It was like being incinerated.
(b) It was like being in a merry-go-round.
(c) It was like bungee-jumping.
(d) It was like being in a festival.

15. What do the police officers tell Braun's son in an encounter?
(a) They will kill his dad if he did not shut up.
(b) They will kill him if he did not shut up.
(c) They will put a screw through his chest if he did not shut up.
(d) They will find a way to hunt him down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which statement best describes Mrs. Young-soon Han's feelings?

2. What comparison does Peter Sellars make about the United States and his father?

3. What question does Braun pose in relation to the Rodney King trial?

4. What report does Maxine Waters refer to that discusses the ills of society, among others?

5. What is the wrong perception about Daryl Gates' whereabouts when the disturbances begin?

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