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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of cops are leading the investigation that Henry is involved in?
(a) Hard-working cops.
(b) Lazy cops.
(c) Tough cops.
(d) Honest cops.

2. The type of people Alice and George represent are common at the time of the play, and when else?
(a) Today.
(b) In the 80s.
(c) In the 1800s.
(d) In the 20s.

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

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

5. Where does Henry put his knife?
(a) At Rafas' ear.
(b) At Rafas' arm.
(c) At Rafas' throat.
(d) At Rafas' knee.

6. George is angry because what is being withheld from the gang members?
(a) Food.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Clean clothing.
(d) Familial visits.

7. Just because Tommy is integrated into the gang does not mean the gang trusts what?
(a) All rich people.
(b) All whites.
(c) All leaders.
(d) All lawyers.

8. Other than Henry, what is the name of one of the gang members in prison?
(a) Doc.
(b) Dopey.
(c) Loopy.
(d) Smiley.

9. What is the name of Henry's father?
(a) Juan.
(b) Carlos.
(c) Enrique.
(d) Jesus.

10. 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?
(a) Others.
(b) His gang.
(c) His race.
(d) His community.

11. What does Henry's mother send him in prison that he never receives?
(a) A letter.
(b) Clean clothes.
(c) A care package.
(d) Money.

12. According to El Pachuco, what era of the Chicanos wanted to live the powerful pachuco dream?
(a) 50s.
(b) 30s.
(c) 20s.
(d) 40s.

13. What does Rafas do to Rudy in the first scene of the play?
(a) Shoves him.
(b) Punches him.
(c) Kicks him.
(d) Hits him.

14. What is name of the rival gang that appears in Act 1, scene i?
(a) Easts.
(b) Downeys.
(c) Sourtenos.
(d) Wests.

15. Who is El Pachuco?
(a) The star of the play.
(b) The main character.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The chorus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the truth about what happened the night of the raid revealed?

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

3. Who represents the people who learn about life by reading about it?

4. When does the Downey gang disappear from the fight between Henry and Rafas?

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

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