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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is a zoot suit cut?
(a) Slim and tight.
(b) Loose and tailored.
(c) Large and baggy.
(d) Narrow and close-fitting.

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

3. Who is Henry's girlfriend when Henry appears for the first time in the play?
(a) Ella.
(b) Vella.
(c) Stella.
(d) Della.

4. El Pachuco describes the "Pachuco" as part heroic what?
(a) Poem.
(b) Tale.
(c) Joke.
(d) Story.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is El Pachuco?

2. According to El Pachuco, what era of the Chicanos wanted to live the powerful pachuco dream?

3. Where does the fight that Edwards and Smith want Henry to tell them about occur?

4. What does Henry believe the police will do to throw him in jail?

5. What is the role of El Pachuco at the beginning of Act 1, scene iii?

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