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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. 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 dead man.
(b) A black cat.
(c) A rock.
(d) A car.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What image does Anonymous Man project when he moves to the valley?

4. According to the Anonymous Man, what has changed between older and younger gang members?

5. According to Theresa Allison, what event prompts her to start the Mothers Reclaiming Our Children (Mothers ROC) group?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Daryl Gates' popularity ratings. How is it affected by the riots? What is it before, and what is it after the riots? What is the cause of the change? How does he feel about it?

2. How can twilight be used, according to Hami Bhabha?

3. What does Chris Oh say about his father's condition? How does he feel?

4. Describe Mrs. Young-soon Han's realizations about the events surrounding the Rodney King trial. Do her feelings towards America change before and after the trial? What changes happen?

5. Describe Richard Kim's story. How is he affected by the riots and how does he behave during the ordeal?

6. Describe Elaine Brown's stand on guns.

7. Describe the story of the anonymous juror from the Simi Valley. How is his life affected by the trials?

8. Describe the changes that took place in the Beverly Hills Gun Club after the riots.

9. Briefly explain the Anonymous Man's dangerous idea of an intimidation technique. What does he do to support this idea? What is the effect of this technique to his rival gangs?

10. How does Angela King come to be the speaker for the King family? What sustains her passion in her fight for justice?

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