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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. Where do Brown, Gilbert, and Pelon drive to after leaving the airport?

2. Which member of St. Basil's church testifies in court the day after Brown was arrested?

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

4. What is Roland's surname?

5. What riot are Brown and the others watching at the beginning of Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Brown describe Charles Manson?

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

3. How was Zanzibar killed?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does this have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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