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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. In which part of Los Angeles do the Chicano Militants live?

3. What name does Brown say he will give if the police catch him?

4. What is the name of the bar Manny owns?

5. What did Robert's sister buy for him before he died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What agreement does Brown make with Gilbert in this section?

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

3. How does Manny claim racism has stopped him from becoming famous?

4. How does the author describe the area surrounding St. Basil's church?

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

6. What problems does Bobby Kennedy's death cause the Chicano militants?

7. How do the leaders find a way into the church?

8. Why do the Chicano groups not support the militants' attack on St. Basil's church?

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

10. Why did the police arrest Robert Fernandez?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way could the Chicano Movement be described as a terrorist group? In what way have the police and society forced them to become such a group? What comment does this make about terrorist groups in general?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following trials and examine how its outcome affected the Chicano Movement: The Tooner Flats Seven,The St. Basil Twenty One, and The East Los Angeles Thirteen.

Essay Topic 3

What does a movement such as the Chicano Movement need to make itself heard? Did the Chicano Movement do enough to make the public aware of them? What more could they have done?

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