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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 Brown do while Gilbert and Pelon bomb the store?

2. How is Dave related to Brown?

3. What was Robert's condition before the police killed him?

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

5. In what kind of church do the the Militants have their offices?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the demonstration.

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

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

4. What plans does Brown make in Chapter 4?

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

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

7. What does the prisoner testify about the blankets?

8. How did Robert Fernandez reportedly die?

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Look at the generation gap between the younger and the older characters. What different experiences do both generations go through? What problems is the generation gap causing the characters? Is the generational gap expressed in the book particularly wide during this time, or is a wide generational gap common to all ages?

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