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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which particular incident after the trial makes the anonymous juror from Simi Valley most upset?
(a) Receiving a letter from the Ku Klux Klan pledging support and inviting him to join the organization.
(b) Receiving a letter from one angry follower of the case, asking if he knew that people were dying and burning buildings in South LA because of him.
(c) Receiving a death threat from the family members of Rodney King.
(d) Receiving a phone call from Angela King asking how he can sleep at night.

2. Where does Salas' father's hatred of gringos stem from?
(a) From fighting against the gringos when Pershing went after Pancho Villa in Chihuahua.
(b) From the fact that gringos are unreasonable people, as he experienced in his encounter with them in Mexico.
(c) From being brainstormed by his wife, who had a bad experience with gringos.
(d) From his childhood, when he was being bullied by gringos in his hometown.

3. In what state is Walter Park in while he is being interviewed?
(a) Healthy and vibrant.
(b) With Alzheimer's disease.
(c) Connected to a life support system.
(d) Brain-damaged and heavily sedated.

4. What statement does Big Al make about the Rodney King beating and the media attention it receives?
(a) The media should not have been involved and the case will go away quietly.
(b) There was nothing new about black people being beaten, it was just brought into public view this time.
(c) It would have been a normal routine procedure if not for the media exposure it received.
(d) The media did not fairly potray Rodney King as a model black citizen.

5. 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) Colored people looted only from white-owned stores and vice versa.
(c) Everyone united in looting, conspiring to get the most out of the stores.
(d) There wasn't any looting that took place after the verdict.

6. According to Reginald Denny, why do people become upset whenever he gets his truck off the freeway?
(a) He honks his horn very loudly whenever he makes a turn.
(b) His truck is a very noisy truck.
(c) He takes up a lot of space when turning because his truck is so big.
(d) He drives like a madman.

7. What statement does Garcetti make about the credibility of police officers?
(a) The environment of fear created by the acts of the police have raised the credibility of the force.
(b) He says that he would rather consult a crystal ball than listen to a police officer.
(c) The beatings featured in the news has even intensified the police's credibility.
(d) The current environment of fear has made the credibility of the police somewhat more questionable.

8. According to Mrs. Park, how long ago does Mr. Park come to the United States?
(a) 8 years ago.
(b) 30 years ago.
(c) 18 years ago.
(d) 28 years ago.

9. How much fine does Julio Menjivar have to pay as a result of his arrest?
(a) $500.
(b) $250.
(c) $150.
(d) $350.

10. What does Gil Garcetti believe in when it comes to jurors and their participation in trials?
(a) The judiciary system has to be changed to give less power to jurors and more to judges and district attorneys.
(b) Most jurors do not take their duties seriously and that their participation in trials be limited to those of observers.
(c) Ordinary civilians should not be tasked with matters of the law.
(d) Most jurors take their oath seriously and because the burden of proof in a criminal trial is very high, jurors must carefully examine and consider all evidence in a case.

11. How does Joe Viola describe the way he felt when he was caught in the riots?
(a) He suddenly felt heroic and wanted to protect the women and children he saw.
(b) He had never known riots could be so exciting.
(c) He was terrified for the first time in his life.
(d) He suddenly cried and couldn't stop himself from crying.

12. Sheinbaum heard women screaming about people coming into the building. At that same time, what comes through the seven to ten-foot high plate glass windowpanes?
(a) A car.
(b) A dead man.
(c) A black cat.
(d) A rock.

13. What statement does Sergeant Duke give about the importance of choke holds?
(a) These need to be regularly updated, perhaps via a biannual workshop among the workforce.
(b) It was just proper that it was banned from being used.
(c) Since chokeholds became forbidden, there will be an increase in lawsuits because police officers will instead be using their batons.
(d) It should never have been invented in the first place.

14. What comment does Julio Menjivar hear from the police officers who are passing by the looting scene?
(a) A threat about starting a fire in the neighborhood.
(b) A joke about how pleasant it would be if a fire was started.
(c) An expression of fear.
(d) They said that it was fine that they were destroying their own neighborhood.

15. On the day of the verdict, how many versions does Tom Bradley prepare for his statement to the press?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. While driving downtown, what incident does Stanley K. Sheinbaum cite as a premonition of bad things to come?

2. Why is Josie Morales never called to testify for the trial of Rodney King?

3. Which exclusive store is not frequented by many people because the prices are just too high?

4. How does Stephen, Salas' son, handle his encounter with the policeman in which the policeman put a gun to his head?

5. According to Richard Kim, what does his father tell him about the day of the verdict when they went looking for police?

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