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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. What is the vision in the early 1960s, according to Mike Davis?
(a) Black kids should be given special treatment.
(b) Black kids should be separated from white kids.
(c) Black kids can be surfers, too.
(d) Black kids should be given twice the challenges that white kids endure.

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

3. According to Theresa Allison, what event prompts her to start the Mothers Reclaiming Our Children (Mothers ROC) group?
(a) The weakening of the dollar in the international market.
(b) The addiction of one of her sons to drugs.
(c) The killing of her nephew, Tiny, in 1991.
(d) The finalization of her divorce with her husband.

4. 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) The beatings featured in the news has even intensified the police's credibility.
(c) The current environment of fear has made the credibility of the police somewhat more questionable.
(d) He says that he would rather consult a crystal ball than listen to a police officer.

5. What is "a badge of courage" as referred to in the story?
(a) It refers to the FBI badge.
(b) It refers to the police badge.
(c) It refers to the CSI badge.
(d) It refers to the fire department badge.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mike Davis, what does the gang truce signify?

2. What assurance does Walter Park hold on to, despite the fact that his wife is not expressive?

3. Who shoots Walter Park, according to the African-American woman in the car behind him?

4. According to Chris Oh, how is his father shot, based on the story he hears?

5. According to Oh, what significant function does the frontal lobe of the brain perform?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Betye Saar's impression of the events on the day of the verdict.

2. How does Betye Saar describe the surroundings on the night of the verdict?

3. 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?

4. How does Angela King come to be the speaker for the King family? What sustains her passion in her fight for justice?

5. Describe the riot which changed Michael Zinzun's life for good. What are the changes brought about by this riot?

6. Describe Peter Sellars' comparison of his father and the United States. How are they alike, according to him?

7. Tom Bradley prepared four different messages for possible release to the media. Speculate on these four messages. What could these messages be and what scenario is the particular message for?

8. Describe the Reverend Tom Choi's experience during his ministry at the Westwood Presbyterian Church. What does he discover for himself?

9. Explain Cornel West's theory on gangsterism.

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

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