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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. El Pachuco's defiance at the end of Act 2, scene 6, shows that he is what?
(a) A true pachuco.
(b) A Chicano.
(c) An idiot.
(d) Persecuted.

6. What does Henry do when the guard comes in with new and more difficult work assignments?
(a) Gives in.
(b) Resists.
(c) Beats the guard up.
(d) Asks for reassignment.

7. Who comes to Los Angeles on the night of the Riots?
(a) Airmen on leave.
(b) Sailors on leave.
(c) Marines on leave.
(d) Soldiers on leave.

8. Where does the Judge order Della to go?
(a) A girls' ranch.
(b) The military.
(c) Reform school.
(d) Prison.

9. At the end of Act 2, scene 5, El Pachuco takes the audience where?
(a) To the Chicano Riots.
(b) To the Pachuco Riots.
(c) To the Injustice Riots.
(d) To the Zoot Suit Riots.

10. What is emerging between the boys and George and Alice in the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Trust.
(b) Family bonds.
(c) Love.
(d) Loyalty.

11. After the Judge sends the Jury to deliberate, what does El Pachuco do to bring the jury back?
(a) Snaps his fingers.
(b) Claps his hands.
(c) Looks at the Jury.
(d) Sings.

12. What happened to El Pachuco symbolizes white society's desire to do what?
(a) Make Chicanos fight for America.
(b) Make Chicanos fit in with Americans.
(c) Leave Chicanos with nothing.
(d) Strip Chicanos of their identity.

13. Henry's confrontation with the guard and El Pachuco reveal the depth of his what?
(a) Stress.
(b) Pain.
(c) Anger.
(d) Humility.

14. George insists that the Prosecution has only proved what?
(a) That the boys were being boys.
(b) That the boys are Chicano.
(c) That the boys know each other.
(d) That the boys wear similar clothes.

15. In Act 1, scene 10, Henry and Della are strolling where?
(a) In the moonlight.
(b) Down the town square.
(c) On the beach.
(d) In a field.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Prosecution says Henry and his friends aren't only guilty of the crime, but are also guilty of what?

2. What do the military members do to El Pachuco on the night of the riots?

3. What does Henry say to George when George leaves the boys after their trial?

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

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

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