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

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

3. What image does Anonymous Man project when he moves to the valley?
(a) An image of being a nobody.
(b) A one-man army that did not need any homeboys.
(c) A very wealthy gang member.
(d) An image of someone who is at close ties with the police.

4. What incident does Big Al describe in which he realizes that the conditions in which he lives are so dangerous that everyone must be qualified to carry firearms?
(a) A man with a gun used it to buy bubble gums.
(b) He saw a six-year old child carrying a real gun.
(c) A man with his baby walked into a gun store and bought a gun while the baby looked on.
(d) A man at a bubble gum machine pulled a gun on him once.

5. Why does Evers go to the hospital immediately after she walks home from work?
(a) She wanted to visit a friend who had been shot.
(b) She just wanted to see how many have been wounded from the riots.
(c) She was shot and she was worried about the baby in her womb.
(d) She forgot that it was time for her prenatal checkup.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Big Al, what could Denny have been trying to do by driving his truck down a residential street?

2. Who is Chung Lee?

3. What statement does Sergeant Duke give about the importance of choke holds?

4. Which exclusive store is not frequented by many people because the prices are just too high?

5. What particular incident makes Viola go into shock?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Salas' feelings of racism, and how it affects his daily life.

2. Describe the Reverend Tom Choi's experience during his ministry at the Westwood Presbyterian Church. What does he discover for himself?

3. Why does Twilight Bey stay up all night? Why do people call him "twilight"?

4. Describe Paul Parker's crusade. What drives him to pursue this crusade?

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

6. Describe Peter Sellars' comparison of his father and the United States. How are they alike, according to him?

7. What does "lightning but no rain" refer to?

8. Describe the riot which changed Michael Zinzun's life for good. What are the changes brought about by this riot?

9. Describe how Sergeant Charles Duke feels about the use of physical force by police officers.

10. 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?

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