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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 statement does Sergeant Charles Duke give about Officer Powell's use of his police baton?
(a) The police baton Officer Powell was using was substandard and therefore offered no force.
(b) Officer Powell is an expert at the use of police baton.
(c) Officer Powell shouldn't have been allowed to use the police baton at all.
(d) Officer Powell was not using his polce baton effectively.

2. What does Walter Park talk about during the interview?
(a) His want to return to Korea and about how lonely he feels.
(b) His love for his wife and stepson.
(c) His younger days in Korea.
(d) His courage during the riots.

3. 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 went to school with them and was forbidden from sitting beside them.
(c) When he met them in the parking lot of a grocery store in Mexico.
(d) When he fought with them over a can of beer in a bar in Mexico.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What statement does the anonymous juror from Simi Valley make about his involvement in the Rodney King trial?

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

3. What is the Anonymous Man's belief in shooting a person in broad daylight?

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

5. What theory does the scholar Cornel West give on gangsterism?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Twilight Bey stay up all night? Why do people call him "twilight"?

3. Describe Big Al's stand on the events surrounding Reginald Denny's beating.

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

5. 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?

6. Describe why Harland W. Braun was reluctant to take on the case of defending Theodore Briseno, a defendant in the Rodney King trial.

7. Describe John, Murika, and Judith Tur's stories in relation to the beatings. What do they witness and how do they feel about the events they have witnessed?

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

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

10. Jason Sanford believes that he would not have been beaten down if he went out on the streets after the Rodney King verdict because of how he looks. Give a possible description of Jason Sanford's looks, which makes him quite likable by the police.

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