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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the truth about what happened the night of the raid revealed?
(a) In a narrative.
(b) Through flashbacks.
(c) Through an aside.
(d) In a soliloquy.

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

3. What race is Tommy?
(a) White.
(b) Asian.
(c) Black.
(d) Chicano.

4. Who beats Henry into unconsciousness?
(a) Townsly.
(b) Smith.
(c) Edwards.
(d) Kingsly.

5. El Pachuco tells Henry that George and Alice are using him for what?
(a) Their own purposes.
(b) AS a poster boy for injustice.
(c) Money.
(d) To get ahead in the world.

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

7. The powerful pachuco dream, according to El Pachuco, is to be a proud and ______ Chicano.
(a) Handsome.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Visible.
(d) Rich.

8. When George loses he temper when the boys question him, what does he say the organization he works for tries to do?
(a) Wipe out bad police officers.
(b) Prevent cover-ups.
(c) Wipe out bad investigations.
(d) Wipe out prejudice.

9. What does El Pachuco believe should be most important to a true pachuco?
(a) Community.
(b) Honor.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Country.

10. What does El Pachuco do when Henry's mother and father leave?
(a) Dance.
(b) Cry.
(c) Give an aside.
(d) Sing.

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

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

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

14. Who observes the police raid in the barrio?
(a) The federal agents.
(b) The press.
(c) INS.
(d) The lawyers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry's mother send him in prison that he never receives?

2. According to El Pachuco, what do people think Henry is?

3. What do Rafas and Henry pull out during the fight?

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

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

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