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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Keep the boys out of jail.
(c) Protect the boys' gang.
(d) Represent the boys.

2. Where does the fight that Edwards and Smith want Henry to tell them about occur?
(a) Sleepy Lagoon.
(b) Sleepy Cove.
(c) Sleepy Cave.
(d) Sleepy River.

3. El Pachuco describes the "Pachuco" as part heroic what?
(a) Tale.
(b) Joke.
(c) Story.
(d) Poem.

4. What kind of cops are leading the investigation that Henry is involved in?
(a) Honest cops.
(b) Tough cops.
(c) Hard-working cops.
(d) Lazy cops.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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) His gang.
(d) Others.

13. Who stops the action in the play when Henry and Rafas pull out their weapons?
(a) George.
(b) Henry.
(c) El Pachuco.
(d) The police.

14. What era is El Pachuco's zoot suit from?
(a) The 70s.
(b) The 50s.
(c) The 40s.
(d) The 20s.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who represents the people who learn about life by living it?

2. What is the technique called that exposes flaws by making them extreme?

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

4. Before condemning the Chicano community, Edwards says he sees what type of potential in Henry?

5. Who is El Pachuco?

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