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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The gang sees Alice and George's intentions as being fine in theory, but what?
(a) Hard to accomplish in reality.
(b) Ineffective in practice.
(c) Slow in practice.
(d) Not based in reality.

2. Where does Act 1, scene iii take place?
(a) At a trial.
(b) At a police station.
(c) In jail.
(d) In a courthouse.

3. What does Henry's mother not want him to wear to the dance?
(a) A t-shirt and jeans.
(b) A zoot suit.
(c) Gang colors.
(d) A gang sweatshirt.

4. According to El Pachuco, why is Alice asking Henry questions?
(a) For her own purposes.
(b) To make herself look smart.
(c) To get herself ahead.
(d) Because she is biased.

5. The type of people Alice and George represent are common at the time of the play, and when else?
(a) In the 80s.
(b) In the 20s.
(c) Today.
(d) In the 1800s.

Short Answer Questions

1. El Pachuco describes the "Pachuco" as part mythic what?

2. How is a zoot suit cut?

3. What is the setting of Act 1, scene i?

4. Which character lists the headlines that appears in the papers after the arrests and the raid?

5. What does the zoot suit take a lot of to make?

(see the answer key)

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