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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) Honest cops.
(c) Tough cops.
(d) Lazy cops.

2. In Act 1, scene 5, what do the questions from the Press hint at?
(a) Shoddy investigative work.
(b) A frame-up.
(c) Beatings.
(d) Prejudice.

3. 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 race.
(c) His gang.
(d) His community.

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

10. 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.

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

12. 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.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who beats Henry into unconsciousness?

3. The gang sees Alice and George's intentions as being fine in theory, but what?

4. According to Alice, why is she asking Henry questions?

5. When George loses he temper when the boys question him, what does he say the organization he works for tries to do?

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