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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 does Anthony Quinn introduce at the rally?

2. With whom does Brown attend the rally for Chicano candidates?

3. What is the name of the undercover police officer at the trial?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Cesar Chavez?

3. How does Brown describe Charlies's girls?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Brown describe Charles Manson?

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

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

In what way could the Chicano Movement be described as a terrorist group? In what way have the police and society forced them to become such a group? What comment does this make about terrorist groups in general?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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