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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which particular incident after the trial makes the anonymous juror from Simi Valley most upset?
2. What happens to Chung Lee and to his family the day the Rodney King verdicts are announced?
3. How does Richard Kim describe the looting?
4. How does Michael Zinzun come to be blind in one eye?
5. What is Proposition F?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Bill Bradley's stand on race relations in the United States?
2. Describe Big Al's stand on the events surrounding Reginald Denny's beating.
3. Describe how Sergeant Charles Duke feels about the use of physical force by police officers.
4. Describe Walter Park's story and how the section was named "Kinda Lovely". Is it appropriate for the story being told at any give time?
5. How does Gladis Sibrian look at the riots that happened after the Rodney King trial?
6. How does Mrs. Park describe her behavior during her husband's ordeal?
7. Describe Paul Parker's crusade. What drives him to pursue this crusade?
8. Describe the story of the anonymous juror from the Simi Valley. How is his life affected by the trials?
9. Who is Gladis Sibrian? How do people react to her efforts?
10. What convinces Harland Braun to eventually take on the case of Theodore Briseno? Explain his analogies to the story of Pontius Pilate.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Rodney King story affected the whole nation. Is it something that happened because of the timing, i.e. even if it was not Rodney King there would have been some other event that would have resulted in the same outrage and riots, meaning to imply that society at that time was ripe for a disturbance? Or is it unique to the issue, which would have resulted in the same results even in a different time?
Essay Topic 2
Summarize the story of Rodney King: his experiences, his trials, the verdict. What events lead to the eventual big milestone that affects a lot of people? Describe the effects his trial had on his family and on the nation.
Essay Topic 3
Racism can be felt by anyone, colored or not. Is there any similarity between the discrimination a white person feels towards a colored one in a situation such as the one claimed by the African-American characters in the book, and vice versa, such as the one Rudy Salas, Jr. claims he receives? What are the similarities and differences between the two kinds of discrimination? Are the effects the same, to the person and to those he or she discriminates against?
This section contains 1,571 words (approx. 6 pages at 300 words per page) |
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