Zoot Suit Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Act 1, Part 1

1. What does the play begin with?

2. Who is El Pachuco?

3. What era is El Pachuco's zoot suit from?

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

5. El Pachuco describes the "Pachuco" as part heroic what?

6. According to El Pachuco, what era of the Chicanos wanted to live the powerful pachuco dream?

7. The powerful pachuco dream, according to El Pachuco, is to be a proud and ______ Chicano.

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

9. Who is Henry's girlfriend when Henry appears for the first time in the play?

10. What is name of the rival gang that appears in Act 1,...
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