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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the role of El Pachuco at the beginning of Act 1, scene iii?
(a) Henry's conscience.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Henry's confidante.
(d) A commentator.

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

6. What do Rafas and Henry pull out during the fight?
(a) Whips.
(b) Butcher knives.
(c) Guns.
(d) Switchblades.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What is the name of Henry's mother?
(a) Dana.
(b) Dolores.
(c) Davita.
(d) Dolly.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Before leaving, Alice reassures Henry that she believes what?

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?

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

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

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