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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. What does Henry believe the police will do to throw him in jail?
(a) Charge him with a parole violation.
(b) Set him up on a phony charge.
(c) Set people up to accuse him.
(d) Make him commit another crime.

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

3. What is the technique called that exposes flaws by making them extreme?
(a) Ridicule.
(b) Exaggeration.
(c) Irony.
(d) Satire.

4. What is the role of El Pachuco at the beginning of Act 1, scene iii?
(a) Henry's confidante.
(b) A commentator.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Henry's conscience.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is everyone dancing at the end of Act 1, scene 7?

2. El Pachuco tells Henry that George and Alice are using him for what?

3. What does Henry tell George when George convinces him to let him work for the boy?

4. Who is El Pachuco?

5. What era is El Pachuco's zoot suit from?

(see the answer key)

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