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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 effect does being a policeman have inside a courtroom?

2. According to Chris Oh, how is his father shot, based on the story he hears?

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

4. What image does Anonymous Man project when he moves to the valley?

5. Who is Chung Lee?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Sergeant Charles Duke feels about the use of physical force by police officers.

2. 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.

3. Describe Betye Saar's impression of the events on the day of the verdict.

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

5. Describe Maxine Waters' reactions to the riots. What does she do, what statements does she give out, and what is her stand in general?

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

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

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

10. Describe Richard Kim's story. How is he affected by the riots and how does he behave during the ordeal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rudy Salas Sr. refers to his feelings of racism as "insanity". Is it really some form of insanity, and if so, what is it? Is it paranoia, dementia, phobia, addiction, mania, depression, or some other type? Doesn't the fact that he can look at it from an objective manner indicate that he is rational about it? Why does he want to call it insanity, then? Is it just a convenient excuse to act the way he does? Are there many others like him in the story? Describe these other characters briefly.

Essay Topic 2

A young female student from the University of California describes her ordeal at the time the riots broke. She describes how fearful she was for her safety and ironically, she discussed how fearful she was for her father's car. What can be deduced about this young student's personality based on the thoughts that are running through her head? Paint a profile of this young student and her position on racism. Specify which instances and statements illustrate her personality.

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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