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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 Sergeant Duke give about the importance of choke holds?
(a) These need to be regularly updated, perhaps via a biannual workshop among the workforce.
(b) It should never have been invented in the first place.
(c) It was just proper that it was banned from being used.
(d) Since chokeholds became forbidden, there will be an increase in lawsuits because police officers will instead be using their batons.

2. In what language does Chung Lee tell his story?
(a) English.
(b) Korean.
(c) Japanese.
(d) Mandarin Chinese.

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

4. According to Oh, what significant function does the frontal lobe of the brain perform?
(a) It enables a person to distinguish colors.
(b) It lets a person smell.
(c) It pumps blood from the heart to the brain.
(d) It is where learning skills and a person's basic characteristics are.

5. Why does Josie Morales keep watching the beating of Rodney King from her apartment?
(a) She believes that what the police were doing was a wrong thing and she wanted to be able to testify at the trial.
(b) She was waiting for an opportunity to discuss with her neighbors.
(c) She was enjoying the beating of Rodney King.
(d) She was waiting for an opportunity to help Rodney King.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Chung Lee?

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

3. According to Cornel West, what difference do black men have over black women, which therefore makes them heroes?

4. What effect does being a policeman have inside a courtroom?

5. Who shoots Walter Park, according to the African-American woman in the car behind him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the sense of mission and community after the Watts riot, as narrated by Otis Chandler. What happens to it eventually? How does it relate to the Rodney King trials?

2. How does Mike Davis describe the changes he has seen in California since his childhood? How are these changes connected to the youth in general?

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

4. What is a "Jungian Collective Unconscious"? Where is this discovered?

5. How does the Hollywood agent feel when the verdict comes out? How does he describe the scenes he witnesses?

6. Describe Maxine Waters' reactions to the riots. What does she do, what statements does she give out, and what is her stand in general?

7. How does Mrs. Park describe her behavior during her husband's ordeal?

8. Describe Walter Park's story and how the section was named "Kinda Lovely". Is it appropriate for the story being told at any give time?

9. Describe Josie Morales' participation in the Rodney King story. How does she come to witness the beating and what is her story about it? Describe her efforts in becoming a part of the trial, and describe the results of her efforts.

10. Explain Hami Bhabha's theory on twilight.

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