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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The War Zone, A Weird Common Thread in Our Lives | The War Zone, A Badge of Courage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Josie Morales keep watching the beating of Rodney King from her apartment?
(a) She was waiting for an opportunity to help Rodney King.
(b) She was enjoying the beating of Rodney King.
(c) She believes that what the police were doing was a wrong thing and she wanted to be able to testify at the trial.
(d) She was waiting for an opportunity to discuss with her neighbors.

2. What particular incident makes Viola go into shock?
(a) A kid with a nine-millimeter gun pointed in his general direction, who told him that he was going to kill him.
(b) A man with a briefcase hit a girl on her head and left her for dead.
(c) A kid with a nine-millimeter gun shot a man to death in front of him.
(d) A girl with a briefcase hit a man repeatedly and left him for dead.

3. While driving downtown, what incident does Stanley K. Sheinbaum cite as a premonition of bad things to come?
(a) A bucket of paint from a very tall building fell on the road, splashing red paint which looked like blood.
(b) He saw a billboard that says "Stop, turn around."
(c) He saw a black BMW driven by an African-American woman, who had a hammer in her hand.
(d) A black cat crossed the road.

4. How does Richard Kim describe the looting?
(a) It was like going into a war.
(b) Tthere was nothing like it.
(c) It was like witnessing a kangaroo give birth.
(d) It was like being deaf and blind for a few minutes.

5. Particularly for Salas, when does he realize that gringos are his enemies?
(a) When he fought with them over a can of beer in a bar 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 met them in the parking lot of a grocery store in Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Anonymous Man, what has changed between older and younger gang members?

2. What happens when Captain Lane Haywood gets up on the roof to handle the fire better?

3. How does Joe Viola describe the way he felt when he was caught in the riots?

4. What reassurance does the police officer give to the jurors on the bus whom he is escorting to the courthouse?

5. What statement does Sergeant Charles Duke give about Officer Powell's use of his police baton?

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