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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. Brown refers to the Chicanos as ___________.

2. What was the name of the bar where Zanzibar was killed?

3. Where do Brown and the others celebrate their partial victory?

4. Why does the judge order Brown into custody for the second time?

5. In Chapter 14, Brown finds out that ________________have been asking questions about him.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Brown start to find connections among Hollywood's elite?

3. What problems occur on the first day of the St. Basil Thirteen hearing?

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

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

6. What claims does Brown make about Zanzibar's murder?

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

8. What is the eventual outcome of the trial in Chapter 12?

9. Why does Brown think that Gilbert has no right to question him about Mexico?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Brown want to become a criminal lawyer? What are Brown's strengths and weaknesses as a lawyer?

Essay Topic 2

Why do the students think Brown chooses the cockroach to describe his own people? Why do groups, in general, use such derogatory terms in reference to themselves?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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