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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The War Zone, That's Another Story | The War Zone, Godzilla.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Michael Zinzun do with his time?
(a) He devotes himself to organizing riots against policemen.
(b) He devotes himself to looking for ways to make the city pay the civilian.
(c) He devotes himself to looking for a cure for blindness.
(d) He devotes himself to fighting police abuse.

2. What reassurance does the police officer give to the jurors on the bus whom he is escorting to the courthouse?
(a) The people gathered in front of the courthouse did not care about the jurors, and therefore did not notice them.
(b) People don't recognize them anyway and that the commotion was very much a normal one.
(c) There is no need to worry if people threw rocks and bottles because the windows of the bus were bulletproof.
(d) Everything will be forgotten in a week, so jurors should better come up with a verdict then.

3. How does Elvira Evers describe the looting that goes on after the Rodney King verdict?
(a) Everyone was taking things and was acting as if they were at a carnival.
(b) There wasn't any looting that took place after the verdict.
(c) Colored people looted only from white-owned stores and vice versa.
(d) Everyone united in looting, conspiring to get the most out of the stores.

4. What statement does Haywood make about the women he sees in the riots and the fire?
(a) He saw how gentle the female species were.
(b) He has never seen such hostility in females as he saw that day.
(c) He felt an urgent need to protect the women he saw.
(d) They all looked frail and fragile and it was unfortunate that they were caught up in the riots.

5. How does Rudy Salas, Sr. refer to his feelings of racism?
(a) Fanaticism.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Epiphany.
(d) Fantasy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What particular incident makes Viola go into shock?

2. What does Gil Garcetti believe in when it comes to jurors and their participation in trials?

3. Who are the "curious people"?

4. What statement does Garcetti make about the credibility of police officers?

5. On the day of the verdict, how many versions does Tom Bradley prepare for his statement to the press?

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