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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 want his journalist friend to do for him?

2. Who donates ten thousand dollars to the Chicano Group?

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

4. In which Los Angeles park does Brown's sister live?

5. Chavez is participating in ___________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What plans does Brown make in Chapter 4?

4. Why did the police arrest Robert Fernandez?

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

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

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

8. What are the results of Robert's autopsy?

9. What does the prisoner testify about the blankets?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine each person's importance to the Chicano Movement: Brown, Gilbert, Zanzibar, and Corky.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What evidence suggests the police could have killed Fernandez? How will it affect the Chicano Movement if the police are found guilty of murder?

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