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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What name does Angela King call her nephew, Rodney?
2. What statement does Judith Tur make about white people and their anger?
3. What statement does Haywood make about the women he sees in the riots and the fire?
4. According to Cornel West, what difference do black men have over black women, which therefore makes them heroes?
5. What comment does Julio Menjivar hear from the police officers who are passing by the looting scene?
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. What is a "Jungian Collective Unconscious"? Where is this discovered?
3. Describe the way Reginald Denny feels about everything that happened to him. What does he remember the most about all of his ordeals?
4. 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?
5. What does "lightning but no rain" refer to?
6. Describe Maxine Waters' unconventional methods of being heard that caused discomfort in other politicians. What are the results of her efforts?
7. How does Angela King come to be the speaker for the King family? What sustains her passion in her fight for justice?
8. What is a "deadeye"? Is Owen Smet a deadeye? Briefly discuss his collection of guns.
9. Why does Twilight Bey stay up all night? Why do people call him "twilight"?
10. Describe the Reverend Tom Choi's experience during his ministry at the Westwood Presbyterian Church. What does he discover for himself?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Has the book made any difference in society and in people's attitude towards the issues touched on by the book? What difference has it made? Is there a better way of presenting the stories other than what was employed in the book?
Essay Topic 2
Elvira Evers has a very interesting story about how her baby came to be born. How does the book paint Elvira Evers based on the descriptions and the situations cited? Is she religious, bitter, or brave? What can be deduced of Elvira Evers' personality based on the book?
Essay Topic 3
Some parts of the story seem to indicate that there is a certain level of acceptance and adaptation to police abuse. Is this a natural mechanism for man to adapt to something over time, even though he may not like it? Can a society survive in such a predator-prey type of environment?
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