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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. El Pachuco says Henry should stay and fight a war in his hometown against what?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Crime.
(c) Unemployment.
(d) Prejudice.

2. 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.

3. What does the zoot suit take a lot of to make?
(a) String.
(b) Cloth.
(c) Money.
(d) Time.

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

5. Which character lists the headlines that appears in the papers after the arrests and the raid?
(a) Henry.
(b) Lt. Edwards.
(c) El Pachuco.
(d) Press.

6. The tension is between the Chicanos and what other ethnic group?
(a) Blacks.
(b) Middle Easterners.
(c) Whites.
(d) Asians.

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

8. The gang sees Alice and George's intentions as being fine in theory, but what?
(a) Not based in reality.
(b) Slow in practice.
(c) Ineffective in practice.
(d) Hard to accomplish in reality.

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

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

11. Before condemning the Chicano community, Edwards says he sees what type of potential in Henry?
(a) Academic.
(b) Leadership.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Scholastic.

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

13. 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) Others.
(c) His race.
(d) His gang.

14. Alice and George represent well-meaning what?
(a) Intellectual conservatives.
(b) Intellectual social engagers.
(c) Intellectual leftists.
(d) Intellectual rightists.

15. What does Henry tell George when George convinces him to let him work for the boy?
(a) What happened the night of the dance.
(b) What happened in the field.
(c) What happened at the barn.
(d) What happened at the diner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who beats Henry into unconsciousness?

2. Just because Tommy is integrated into the gang does not mean the gang trusts what?

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

4. Where does Henry put his knife?

5. Where does Act 1, scene iii take place?

(see the answer keys)

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