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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 was Robert's condition before the police killed him?

2. What does Dave do for a living?

3. What was the name of the hotel Brown first checked into when he arrived in Los Angeles?

4. What does the church office tell Brown on the phone?

5. What kind of cocktails do Brown and Gilbert make after the hearing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Brown arrange at the coroner's office?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who were the Chicano militant leaders? What were their role in the Chicano Movement? How does Acosta represent each one in the book? How do these representations contribute to the book's overall meaning?

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

Pick a character from the book and discuss that character's goals and motives. Do they achieve their goals? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

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