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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 give as his occupation?

2. Which member of St. Basil's church testifies in court the day after Brown was arrested?

3. Why are spectators cleared from the court during the St. Basil trial?

4. What religion does Brown say was imposed on the Mexicans?

5. In which state were the student protesters killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brown say in his closing speech in Chapter 12?

2. What does Brown tell Zanzibar in his interview?

3. Why does the judge have both Brown and the defendants arrested in this section?

4. What does Brown promise to do after the trial in Chapter 15?

5. How was Zanzibar killed?

6. Why does Brown decide against giving a closing argument?

7. How does Brown describe Charles Manson?

8. What problems does Brown say he has with Grand Juries?

9. What problems is Brown having with the police while in Mexico?

10. Who is Cesar Chavez?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Brown's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to who he is at the end.

1) What did Brown hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2) What events change Brown's ideas about life?

3) How has Brown's character changed by the end of the book?

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

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

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