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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is shot during the looting of Richard Kim's appliance store?
(a) Richard Kim.
(b) Richard Kim's sister.
(c) Richard Kim's mother.
(d) Richard Kim's father.

2. What is Jason Sanford's belief about him going out in the streets after the Rodney King verdict?
(a) That he might have been beaten terribly.
(b) That he might be stoned.
(c) That he would have been called in for questioning by the police.
(d) That he probably would not have been beaten because of how he looks.

3. 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 waiting for an opportunity to discuss with her neighbors.
(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 enjoying the beating of Rodney King.

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

5. Which exclusive store is not frequented by many people because the prices are just too high?
(a) Magnum.
(b) Mignon.
(c) Mariott.
(d) Magnin.

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

7. What time does Tom Bradley and his staff plan to go to the media to issue a statement on their reaction to the verdict?
(a) Six o'clock in the afternoon.
(b) Eight o'clock the following morning.
(c) Five o'clock in the afternoon.
(d) Four o'clock in the afternoon.

8. According to the Anonymous Man, what has changed between older and younger gang members?
(a) Younger members have become much more aggressive than the older gang members.
(b) Older gang members are great conversationalists, while this skill is lost on younger gang members.
(c) Younger gang members have become louder, and tend to attract more attention than older gang members.
(d) Older gang members respected their elders, but such respect has disappeared among younger members.

9. 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 defy authority while black women cannot.
(c) Black men are more ideological.
(d) Black men are more obedient to the laws of the land.

10. 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 rock.
(b) A car.
(c) A black cat.
(d) A dead man.

11. Who shoots Walter Park, according to the African-American woman in the car behind him?
(a) A Korean.
(b) An Asian.
(c) An African-American.
(d) A Mexican.

12. Particularly for Salas, when does he realize that gringos are his enemies?
(a) When he went to first grade and he was told that he was inferior because he was Mexican.
(b) When he fought with them over a can of beer in a bar in Mexico.
(c) When he met them in the parking lot of a grocery store in Mexico.
(d) When he went to school with them and was forbidden from sitting beside them.

13. What does Joe Viola tell his wife when he recovers from all of the shock?
(a) He was going to get his gun and shoot anyone he sees.
(b) He was going to get their kids.
(c) He was going to buy liquor from the store.
(d) He was going to drive away for a while until the riot dies down.

14. What name does Angela King call her nephew, Rodney?
(a) Carl.
(b) Ben.
(c) Glen.
(d) Victor.

15. 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. What is the vision in the early 1960s, according to Mike Davis?

2. What statement does Allison make about the police and their style when it comes to killings?

3. What statement does Big Al make about the Rodney King beating and the media attention it receives?

4. How much does Michael Zinzun get from the trial in which the city is ordered to pay him?

5. How does Rudy Salas, Sr. refer to his feelings of racism?

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