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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry do after El Pachuco fades into the shadows with his arms risen at the end of Act 2, scene 6?
(a) Cries.
(b) Collapses.
(c) Sings.
(d) Laughs.

2. What good news does George have when he visits the boys after their trial?
(a) The appeal is progressing.
(b) They have enough money in their defense fund.
(c) They are being moved to a different location.
(d) Care packages are coming.

3. When the guard calls out their numbers, what do the boys call out?
(a) Their numbers.
(b) Their names.
(c) That they are present.
(d) Their cell numbers.

4. Where had the Downeys been causing trouble earlier in the evening?
(a) At the diner.
(b) At the grocery store.
(c) At the movie theater.
(d) At the party.

5. The attitudes of the Judge and the Prosecution are portrayed in such an extreme manner that they can be described as what?
(a) Common.
(b) Arrogrant.
(c) Healthy.
(d) Bizarre.

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

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

8. Who beats up Henry when he tries to run down Rafas?
(a) The Loopies.
(b) The Downeys.
(c) The Nortenos.
(d) The Sourtenos.

9. After the verdict, George and Alice promise Henry that there will be what?
(a) A re-trial.
(b) An appeal.
(c) A mis-trial.
(d) A reversal.

10. The story of Henry at the party illustrates his desire to do what?
(a) Fit into American life.
(b) Have the American dream.
(c) Have a family.
(d) Live the Chicano lifestyle.

11. Henry asks Alice to pass along his love for whom?
(a) His mother.
(b) His family.
(c) Della.
(d) His brother.

12. What do Della and Henry hear after Della accepts Henry's proposal?
(a) Della's family being attacked.
(b) Henry's car being attacked.
(c) Della's car being attacked.
(d) Henry's family being attacked.

13. What is the important thing in the beginning of Act 2?
(a) The persecution.
(b) The action.
(c) The growth of various relationships.
(d) The setting.

14. Every objection George makes during the trial is what?
(a) Denied.
(b) Allowed.
(c) Granted.
(d) Thrown out.

15. What do the military members do to El Pachuco on the night of the riots?
(a) Humiliate him.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Ruin him.
(d) Strip him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What element of the play is closed at the end of Act 1?

2. El Pachuco tells Henry that everything was a joke and then does what?

3. In Act 1, scene 11, it is clear that the prosecution's questioning of Della is an attempt to do what?

4. What happened to El Pachuco symbolizes white society's desire to do what?

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

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