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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. Why do the people at New County Jail say they are treating Brown differently?

2. What promise does Brown make in Chapter 15 that he doesn't want to make?

3. Who was Gilbert shot by?

4. What does Brown try to explain to the group they need as well as lawyers?

5. Brown says the Chicanos constitute _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Brown describe Charlies's girls?

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

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

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

5. What does Brown do at the nightclub in Mexico?

6. How does Brown describe Charles Manson?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the lives of Mexicans like in America before the Chicano Movement existed? How did the Chicano Movement change life for Mexicans in America?

Essay Topic 2

What were Bobby Kennedy's views on the Chicano Movement? What effect did his death have on the movement? How would the movement have developed if Kennedy had been elected President?

Essay Topic 3

Pick a character from the book and discuss that character's goals and motives. Do they achieve their goals? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

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