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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Henry say to George when George leaves the boys after their trial?
(a) Thank you.
(b) See you soon.
(c) Have fun.
(d) God Bless.

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

5. What is one of the narration techniques used to narrate the riot scenes?
(a) Location.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Movement.
(d) Imagery.

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

7. The actors who play the Press also play what role?
(a) The Narrator.
(b) The Audience.
(c) The Court Clerk.
(d) The Prosecution.

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

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

10. How does Act 2 start?
(a) With scene 1.
(b) With the riots.
(c) With a prologue.
(d) With the families of the gang members.

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

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

13. Della is the first witness called by whom?
(a) The judge.
(b) The Prosecution.
(c) The Defense.
(d) George.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to El Pachuco, what happens to a Mexican once he is in jail?

4. At the end of Act 1, scene11, El Pachuco says that it is what?

5. What is the last thing that happens before the jury deliberates?

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