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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) Tough cops.
(b) Lazy cops.
(c) Hard-working cops.
(d) Honest cops.

2. Why is Henry desperate to get out of jail?
(a) To go into the Navy.
(b) To go into the Army.
(c) To go into the Air Force.
(d) To go into the Marines.

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) His community.
(b) His race.
(c) Others.
(d) His gang.

4. In Act 1, scene 8, Henry brags that no matter what happens he will do what?
(a) Join the military.
(b) Come out on top.
(c) Stand up for the Chicano way of life.
(d) Be a pachuco for life.

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

6. Who represents the people who learn about life by reading about it?
(a) The Press.
(b) Alice and George.
(c) The judge and the Press.
(d) The policemen.

7. What type of trial does George tell the boys they will face?
(a) A media trial.
(b) A rigged trial.
(c) A prejudiced trial.
(d) A mass trial.

8. What is the setting of Act 1, scene i?
(a) A store in the barrio.
(b) A church in the barrio.
(c) A meeting in the barrio.
(d) A dance in the barrio.

9. When does the Downey gang disappear from the fight between Henry and Rafas?
(a) When Henry lets Rafas go.
(b) When Rafas beats up Henry.
(c) When Henry beats up Rafas.
(d) When Rafas orders them to leave.

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

11. What job does Alice say she has?
(a) Public defender.
(b) Social activist.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Immigration lawyer.

12. 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.

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

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

15. According to El Pachuco, why is Alice asking Henry questions?
(a) For her own purposes.
(b) To make herself look smart.
(c) Because she is biased.
(d) To get herself ahead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who observes the police raid in the barrio?

2. Where does Henry put his knife?

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

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

5. According to the Press, how many members of Henry's gang are arrested?

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