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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On how many counts are the defendants found guilty?
(a) All.
(b) Half.
(c) Four.
(d) None.

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

4. El Pachuco tells Henry that the only way to survive the darkness is to forget what?
(a) His ambitions.
(b) His family.
(c) The outside world.
(d) Della.

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

6. Why does Smiley not want door-to-door fund raising for their defense fund?
(a) The people are too poor to give.
(b) They don't need the money.
(c) It is humiliating.
(d) It is disrespectful.

7. What word best describes El Pachuco's attitude towards white people?
(a) Hateful.
(b) Ironic.
(c) Cynical.
(d) Inclusive.

8. Who does Henry have a last moment with before being led off after the verdict?
(a) Rosita.
(b) Rudy.
(c) Juan.
(d) Della.

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

10. El Pachuco's defiance at the end of Act 2, scene 6, suggests that clothes do not what?
(a) Need rationing.
(b) Identify people.
(c) Separate people.
(d) Make the man.

11. What does Alice do when Henry tells her he is dropping out of the appeal?
(a) Has him fill out paperwork.
(b) Kisses him.
(c) Loses her temper.
(d) Leaves.

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

13. What element of the play is closed at the end of Act 1?
(a) The mystery of Sleepy Cove.
(b) The mystery of Sleepy Lagoon.
(c) The mystery of Sleepy Hollow.
(d) The mystery of Sleepy River.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 1, scene 10, the scene changes from the courtroom to what?

2. Who comes to Los Angeles on the night of the Riots?

3. What does Henry do when the guard comes in with new and more difficult work assignments?

4. What is one of the narration techniques used to narrate the riot scenes?

5. What do George and Alice try to do to Henry when the Judge declares a break in the court proceedings?

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