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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is George not allowed to do with his clients during the trial?
(a) Speak for his clients.
(b) Consult with his clients.
(c) See his clients.
(d) Hear from his clients.

2. What are the letters about that Alice writes to the boys?
(a) The reaction of their community.
(b) The news in the outside world.
(c) Their families.
(d) The progress of their appeal.

3. What does Henry propose to Della while they are walking?
(a) That they buy a house.
(b) That they leave the gang.
(c) That they move.
(d) Marriage.

4. Where are Henry and his gang members in Act 2, scene 1?
(a) In a fire camp.
(b) In prison.
(c) In the courthouse.
(d) In a work camp.

5. The actor who plays Edwards also plays what role?
(a) The Judge.
(b) The Audience.
(c) The Prosecution.
(d) The Jury.

6. In Tommy's letters, he insists that he is as ________ as the Chicanos of the gang.
(a) Smart.
(b) Rich.
(c) Pachuco.
(d) Poor.

7. The guard beats Henry up and then does what?
(a) Takes him to the doctor.
(b) Throws him into solitary confinement.
(c) Locks him in a closet.
(d) Throws him in a cell with others.

8. What type of technique is used to make Henry's trial a joke?
(a) Aristotilian events.
(b) Satire.
(c) Confluence.
(d) Ridicule.

9. What do George and Alice try to do to Henry when the Judge declares a break in the court proceedings?
(a) Get him new clothes.
(b) Reassure him.
(c) Get him to relax.
(d) Comfort him.

10. What sentence do Henry and the others receive?
(a) Life without parole.
(b) Life imprisonment.
(c) Parole.
(d) Imprisonment.

11. In what Act and scene does the Judge give the verdict?
(a) Act 1 scene 8.
(b) Act 1, scene 10.
(c) Act 1, scene 11.
(d) Act 1, scene 9.

12. What does El Pachuco tell Henry that the guard did?
(a) Hated Chicanos.
(b) Set him up.
(c) Behaved like a white man.
(d) Behaved like a guard.

13. The scenes with the riots show what happens when the other side of what explodes?
(a) The social war.
(b) The race battle.
(c) The gang war.
(d) The gang battle.

14. Henry loses his temper with El Pachuco and demands that El Pachuco do what?
(a) Get out of his brain.
(b) Stop talking.
(c) Leave him alone.
(d) Never talk to him again.

15. According to Della, why do the people at the party attack the pachucos?
(a) They don't like Chicanos.
(b) They hate poor people.
(c) They think they are the Downeys.
(d) They hate Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Every objection George makes during the trial is what?

2. El Pachuco tells Henry that the only way to survive the darkness is to forget what?

3. What does Henry ask for when he finally writes to Alice?

4. What does Henry do after El Pachuco fades into the shadows with his arms risen at the end of Act 2, scene 6?

5. After the verdict, George and Alice promise Henry that there will be what?

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