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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What comment does Jason Sanford usually get from the police about his looks?
(a) He has not received any comment from the police about his looks.
(b) That his looks will always lead him into trouble.
(c) That he looked like a responsible all-American white boy.
(d) That he looked so young for his age.

3. According to Richard Kim, what does his father tell him about the day of the verdict when they went looking for police?
(a) The police quickly helped them, which prevented their store from being looted.
(b) The police asked for money before assisting them.
(c) The police ignored them because they were playing a game of poker.
(d) There were no police to be found when the looting of their applicance store started.

4. According to Oh, what significant function does the frontal lobe of the brain perform?
(a) It enables a person to distinguish colors.
(b) It is where learning skills and a person's basic characteristics are.
(c) It pumps blood from the heart to the brain.
(d) It lets a person smell.

5. What is Proposition F?
(a) An effort to limit the police chief's term to five years.
(b) A legislation which aims to appoint African-Americans as chief of police.
(c) A resolution preventing African-Americans from driving luxury cars.
(d) A policy prohibiting riots to take place on weekdays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are "choke holds"?

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

3. How much fine does Julio Menjivar have to pay as a result of his arrest?

4. How does Angela King react whenever she talks about the beating of her nephew and of his condition?

5. According to Theresa Allison, what event prompts her to start the Mothers Reclaiming Our Children (Mothers ROC) group?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Hami Bhabha's theory on twilight.

2. How can twilight be used, according to Hami Bhabha?

3. How does Mrs. Young-soon Han describe the injustices suffered by the Korean immigrants?

4. What does "execution style" refer to? How is it significant in the story?

5. What is a "Jungian Collective Unconscious"? Where is this discovered?

6. What convinces Harland Braun to eventually take on the case of Theodore Briseno? Explain his analogies to the story of Pontius Pilate.

7. How does Otis Chandler look at money as an instrument for change?

8. How does Mrs. Park describe her behavior during her husband's ordeal?

9. How does Mike Davis describe the changes he has seen in California since his childhood? How are these changes connected to the youth in general?

10. Briefly explain Gil Garcetti's theory about the magic that surrounds police officers.

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