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

2. Which character lists the headlines that appears in the papers after the arrests and the raid?
(a) Press.
(b) Henry.
(c) El Pachuco.
(d) Lt. Edwards.

3. What era is El Pachuco's zoot suit from?
(a) The 40s.
(b) The 70s.
(c) The 20s.
(d) The 50s.

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

5. What does the play begin with?
(a) An epilogue.
(b) A prologue.
(c) An explanation.
(d) An action sequence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Henry's mother?

2. What is the sound that is blaring at the beginning of Act 1, scene ii?

3. The powerful pachuco dream, according to El Pachuco, is to be a proud and ______ Chicano.

4. What is name of the rival gang that appears in Act 1, scene i?

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

(see the answer key)

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