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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Here's A Nobody, Carmen | Here's A Nobody, Where the Water Is.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the Anonymous Man's belief in shooting a person in broad daylight?
(a) That most people will run away scared immediately instead of taking time to identify the shooter.
(b) That under no circumstances should he shoot someone in broad daylight.
(c) He doesn't offer any belief or idea whatsoever on the topic.
(d) That there is poetic justice in shooting someone in broad daylight.
2. How does Mike Davis describe the gang truce he has witnessed?
(a) Miraculous.
(b) Politically motivated.
(c) An act in survival.
(d) Staged.
3. Where does Salas' father's hatred of gringos stem from?
(a) From the fact that gringos are unreasonable people, as he experienced in his encounter with them in Mexico.
(b) From being brainstormed by his wife, who had a bad experience with gringos.
(c) From fighting against the gringos when Pershing went after Pancho Villa in Chihuahua.
(d) From his childhood, when he was being bullied by gringos in his hometown.
4. According to Cornel West, what difference do black men have over black women, which therefore makes them heroes?
(a) Black men know how to handle the politics and the environment.
(b) Black men are more ideological.
(c) Black men are more obedient to the laws of the land.
(d) Black men defy authority while black women cannot.
5. According to Jason Sanford, who are "they"?
(a) "They" are the cops of Los Angeles.
(b) "They" are the Mexicans, Chinese and blacks that populate his neighborhood.
(c) He says that "they" represent a combination of many things for him.
(d) He does not give an explanation as to who "they" are.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Rudy Salas, Sr. refer to his feelings of racism?
2. According to Mike Davis, what does the gang truce signify?
3. What name does Angela King call her nephew, Rodney?
4. According to Cornel West, why do gunfighters become heroes?
5. Who are the "curious people"?
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