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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. Particularly for Salas, when does he realize that gringos are his enemies?
(a) When he met them in the parking lot of a grocery store in Mexico.
(b) When he went to school with them and was forbidden from sitting beside them.
(c) When he went to first grade and he was told that he was inferior because he was Mexican.
(d) When he fought with them over a can of beer in a bar in Mexico.

2. 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) An image of someone who is at close ties with the police.
(d) A very wealthy gang member.

3. What reason does Katie Miller give to explain why Korean stores are burned in black neighborhoods?
(a) Koreans never tried to get to know the people that came into the stores.
(b) Koreans were really a snob race.
(c) The prices in the stores were higher for blacks than for Koreans.
(d) Blacks were not allowed inside the stores.

4. What statement does Allison make about the police and their style when it comes to killings?
(a) The police don't like killing at all.
(b) The police like to make killings in a very discreet manner.
(c) The police like to make killings look like drive-by shootings.
(d) She does not say anything about the subject.

5. 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 current environment of fear has made the credibility of the police somewhat more questionable.
(c) The environment of fear created by the acts of the police have raised the credibility of the force.
(d) The beatings featured in the news has even intensified the police's credibility.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cornel West, why do gunfighters become heroes?

2. Which particular incident after the trial makes the anonymous juror from Simi Valley most upset?

3. Why does Josie Morales keep watching the beating of Rodney King from her apartment?

4. What comment does Julio Menjivar hear from the police officers who are passing by the looting scene?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Briefly explain the Anonymous Man's dangerous idea of an intimidation technique. What does he do to support this idea? What is the effect of this technique to his rival gangs?

3. How does Mrs. Young-soon Han describe the injustices suffered by the Korean immigrants?

4. Describe Dean Gilmour's investigations on the deaths that occurred at the time of the riots. What are the results of his investigations?

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

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

7. Jason Sanford believes that he would not have been beaten down if he went out on the streets after the Rodney King verdict because of how he looks. Give a possible description of Jason Sanford's looks, which makes him quite likable by the police.

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

9. 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?

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

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