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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 action plan do the upper middle class in the Beverly Hills restaurant talk about in relation to the riots?
(a) Hiring private security.
(b) Hiding in their homes.
(c) Leaving town.
(d) Buying a gun.

2. According to Chris Oh, how is his father shot, based on the story he hears?
(a) By a sniper from the building near his father's car.
(b) From a distance.
(c) At close range, execution style.
(d) From the back of the car.

3. What statement does Garcetti make about the credibility of police officers?
(a) He says that he would rather consult a crystal ball than listen to a police officer.
(b) The beatings featured in the news has even intensified the police's credibility.
(c) The environment of fear created by the acts of the police have raised the credibility of the force.
(d) The current environment of fear has made the credibility of the police somewhat more questionable.

4. While confined in the hospital on morphine, Reginald Denny remembers some characters coming to see him. Who are they?
(a) Denzel Washington and Lawrence Martin.
(b) Tyra Banks and Eddie Murphy.
(c) Oprah Winfrey and Will Smith.
(d) Reverend Jesse Jackson and Arsenio Hall.

5. What effect does being a policeman have inside a courtroom?
(a) He seems to be surrounded by a kind of magic brought about by the respect people have for members of the police force.
(b) He always brings about riot in the courtroom because of the passionate feelings the public has towards policemen in general.
(c) He silences the crowd inside the courtroom because of the raw power he exudes.
(d) He makes people stay away from courtrooms.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Katie Miller, who does the looting in the Korean stores?

2. What statement does Allison make about the police and their style when it comes to killings?

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

4. What statement does Sergeant Charles Duke give about Officer Powell's use of his police baton?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly explain Rudy Salas, Sr.'s hatred of white police. Where does it come from and what continuously fuels it?

2. How does Gladis Sibrian look at the riots that happened after the Rodney King trial?

3. 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.

4. Discuss Twilight Bey's observations during the night.

5. Describe Chung Lee, who he is, and how he was affected by the Rodney King riots.

6. Describe Stanley K. Sheinbaum's observations on the day the verdict was given.

7. Describe Joe Viola's experience on the day of the riots. What does he feel and how does he behave during the riots?

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

9. What convinces Harland Braun to eventually take on the case of Theodore Briseno? Explain his analogies to the story of Pontius Pilate.

10. Describe the way Reginald Denny feels about everything that happened to him. What does he remember the most about all of his ordeals?

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