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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When George Shearer meets the boys for the first time, he says he is a lawyer hired to do what?
(a) Protect the boys' gang.
(b) Represent the boys.
(c) Protect the boys' parents.
(d) Keep the boys out of jail.

2. El Pachuco describes the "Pachuco" as part mythic what?
(a) Tale.
(b) Man.
(c) Hero.
(d) God.

3. El Pachuco says Henry should stay and fight a war in his hometown against what?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Prejudice.
(c) Unemployment.
(d) Crime.

4. What was Rudy doing the night of the Sleepy Lagoon murder that Henry was warned about?
(a) Starting a fight.
(b) Drinking too much.
(c) Wanting to fight.
(d) Doing drugs.

5. What does Henry's mother not want him to wear to the dance?
(a) A gang sweatshirt.
(b) A zoot suit.
(c) Gang colors.
(d) A t-shirt and jeans.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to El Pachuco, why is Alice asking Henry questions?

2. When Henry starts listening to El Pachuco, it shows he is starting to act less in his own interests and more in the interests of what?

3. What does the zoot suit take a lot of to make?

4. What race is Tommy?

5. El Pachuco describes the "Pachuco" as part heroic what?

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