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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. What does Gloria use to attack the altar?

2. What does the author say the Chicanos carry as weapons?

3. What are the Chicanos chanting outside the sound proof door?

4. What words did Robert shout out to the police when they came to arrest him?

5. What did Robert's family notice on Robert's face at his funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Brown decide to move away from his sister?

2. Why did the police arrest Robert Fernandez?

3. Why does the court issue a restraining order against the East LA Thirteen?

4. What problems do Brown and the law students cause Cardinal McIntyre in this section?

5. What does Brown say inspired him to practice criminal law?

6. What does the prisoner testify about the blankets?

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

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

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

10. Why does the mayor want to talk to Brown and the East Los Angeles Group?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the values of the 1960s. In what ways are the characters a product of their time? How does the book express the changes America was going through at the time?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

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