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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. Whom did the police alert about the possibility of trouble at the the church?

2. Who does Brown call in Los Angeles in this section?

3. According to Davis' claims, who is the leader of the militants?

4. Why does Brown talk to Zanzibar?

5. For whom does Roland work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What tragedy does Brown find out has happened in Los Angeles while he has been in Mexico?

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

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

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

7. How do the Charles Manson supporters think their case is the same as the Brown's case?

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

9. How does Brown describe Charlies's girls?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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