How much do you know about the Trayvon Martin case? Take our quiz.

On February 26, 2012, neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman shot unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in a gated neighborhood of Sanford, Fla. The incident sparked a national outcry and triggered an examination of the role race, guns, and drugs play in America today. How well do you know the Trayvon Martin case?

17. President Obama weighed in on the growing public outcry over the case in comments in the White House Rose Garden in March 2012. What did he say about Trayvon?

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Sybrina Fulton, the mother shooting victim Trayvon Martin, and George Zimmerman during a court hearing in Sanford, Fla..

“Trayvon Martin is a son to all of us.”

“If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon.”

"Trayvon Martin is like a son to me."

"I am Trayvon Martin."

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