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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. According to Brown, what kind of people populate the surrounding area?

2. Where does Brown's journalist friend live?

3. Why does Brown think the arrests are politically motivated?

4. What does Brown find unacceptable about Dave?

5. Why do the Militants start showing an interest in Brown?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the results of Robert's autopsy?

2. Why do Robert family refuse to believe that Robert hanged himself?

3. Describe the demonstration.

4. What does Brown do after Robert's hearing?

5. What does the group find when they walk into the parking lot?

6. Describe the meeting between Brown and the Chicano Militants in this section?

7. Why is the Belmont hotel a place for Brown to live?

8. How does Brown deal with the situation after the police have made their arrests?

9. What does the prisoner testify about the blankets?

10. What plans does Brown make in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What evidence suggests the police could have killed Fernandez? How will it affect the Chicano Movement if the police are found guilty of murder?

Essay Topic 2

How does Acosta present himself in the book? Why does he present himself in this way? Is it an accurate representation?

Essay Topic 3

What were the lives of Mexicans like in America before the Chicano Movement existed? How did the Chicano Movement change life for Mexicans in America?

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