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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 Theresa Allison, what event prompts her to start the Mothers Reclaiming Our Children (Mothers ROC) group?
(a) The killing of her nephew, Tiny, in 1991.
(b) The weakening of the dollar in the international market.
(c) The finalization of her divorce with her husband.
(d) The addiction of one of her sons to drugs.

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

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

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

5. What reassurance does the police officer give to the jurors on the bus whom he is escorting to the courthouse?
(a) There is no need to worry if people threw rocks and bottles because the windows of the bus were bulletproof.
(b) The people gathered in front of the courthouse did not care about the jurors, and therefore did not notice them.
(c) People don't recognize them anyway and that the commotion was very much a normal one.
(d) Everything will be forgotten in a week, so jurors should better come up with a verdict then.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does Tom Bradley and his staff plan to go to the media to issue a statement on their reaction to the verdict?

2. According to Richard Kim, what does his father tell him about the day of the verdict when they went looking for police?

3. According to Chris Oh, what happens at the time Walter Park is shot?

4. What happens to Chung Lee and to his family the day the Rodney King verdicts are announced?

5. How does Elvira Evers describe the looting that goes on after the Rodney King verdict?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Katie Miller's stand on the looting and the looters in general.

2. 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?

3. Explain Hami Bhabha's theory on twilight.

4. 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?

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

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

7. Describe Big Al's stand on the events surrounding Reginald Denny's beating.

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

9. What is Bill Bradley disappointed about? How does he illustrate the source of his disappointment?

10. Describe the thoughts running through the head of one particular female student from the University of Southern California.

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