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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. According to Chris Oh, what happens at the time Walter Park is shot?
(a) He stepped on the accelerator and ran down a kid.
(b) He pressed down on his car's accelerator and ran into a telephone pole.
(c) He was unable to stop his car and bumped his head on the windshield.
(d) He was talking to somebody on the phone when he hit a telephone pole.

2. According to Mrs. Park, how long ago does Mr. Park come to the United States?
(a) 30 years ago.
(b) 28 years ago.
(c) 18 years ago.
(d) 8 years ago.

3. What statement does Sergeant Charles Duke give about Officer Powell's use of his police baton?
(a) The police baton Officer Powell was using was substandard and therefore offered no force.
(b) Officer Powell shouldn't have been allowed to use the police baton at all.
(c) Officer Powell was not using his polce baton effectively.
(d) Officer Powell is an expert at the use of police baton.

4. What does Denny plan to put up in his own house someday to remember the people who have saved him?
(a) A painting of Rodney King.
(b) A picture mosaic of the images of the riot.
(c) A room dedicated to the riots.
(d) A painting of the scene of the riots.

5. What statement does the anonymous juror from Simi Valley make about his involvement in the Rodney King trial?
(a) If he had known what would happen afterwards, he would have sent a note to the judge to say that he could not be on the jury because of what it put him and his family through.
(b) His vote was very critical in the verdict and the events that followed the trial.
(c) This particular case should have been done in a very private, confidential manner.
(d) He would have voted differently if he had known what would happen afterwards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gil Garcetti believe in when it comes to jurors and their participation in trials?

2. What statement does Garcetti make about the credibility of police officers?

3. According to Oh, what significant function does the frontal lobe of the brain perform?

4. What is Proposition F?

5. How does Stephen, Salas' son, handle his encounter with the policeman in which the policeman put a gun to his head?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the scene in Julio Menjivar's neighborhood when the National Guard arrived.

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

5. What is a "deadeye"? Is Owen Smet a deadeye? Briefly discuss his collection of guns.

6. Describe why Harland W. Braun was reluctant to take on the case of defending Theodore Briseno, a defendant in the Rodney King trial.

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

8. 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?

9. Discuss the story of Jonathan Jackson and its significance in the story.

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

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