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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Della is the first witness called by whom?
(a) The Defense.
(b) The Prosecution.
(c) The judge.
(d) George.

2. According to El Pachuco, what happens to a Mexican once he is in jail?
(a) He stays in jail.
(b) He lives in jail.
(c) He fights in jail.
(d) He dies in jail.

3. When George loses he temper when the boys question him, what does he say the organization he works for tries to do?
(a) Wipe out bad police officers.
(b) Wipe out prejudice.
(c) Wipe out bad investigations.
(d) Prevent cover-ups.

4. George insists that the Prosecution has only proved what?
(a) That the boys know each other.
(b) That the boys were being boys.
(c) That the boys wear similar clothes.
(d) That the boys are Chicano.

5. According to Della, why do the people at the party attack the pachucos?
(a) They hate Henry.
(b) They think they are the Downeys.
(c) They don't like Chicanos.
(d) They hate poor people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is emerging between the boys and George and Alice in the beginning of Act 2?

2. What do Della and Henry hear after Della accepts Henry's proposal?

3. How does Act 2 start?

4. Who stops the action in the play when Henry and Rafas pull out their weapons?

5. When George Shearer meets the boys for the first time, he says he is a lawyer hired to do what?

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