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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. According to Brown, what has made him enemies?

2. Brown says the court has no jurisdiction because of ______________.

3. According to Brown, with whom were the Basil Twenty One trying to secure an audience?

4. What does Brown want to do after the trial?

5. What is Alfred Alacran's role in court?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brown tell Zanzibar in his interview?

2. Why does Brown think it is a good idea for him to write a book?

3. What information does the juror give Brown in Chapter 12?

4. How do Brown and the others decide to avenge Robert's death?

5. Describe Brown's time at the New County jail at the end of the section.

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

7. According to Brown, why does he like Roland Zanzibar?

8. Why is the courtroom watching a color film at the beginning of Chapter 15?

9. What victory has Brown won at the end of Chapter 16?

10. What does Fernando Sumaya tell the court in his testimony?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What were Nixon's views on the Chicano Movement? What effect did his election to President have on the movement?

Essay Topic 3

What does a movement such as the Chicano Movement need to make itself heard? Did the Chicano Movement do enough to make the public aware of them? What more could they have done?

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