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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In Act 2 Henry is confronted with the notion that he is what as both an individual and as a member of the Chicano community?
(a) Desired.
(b) Loved.
(c) Persecuted.
(d) Hated.

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

6. 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 wear similar clothes.
(d) That the boys know each other.

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

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

9. In Act 1, scene 11, it is clear that the prosecution's questioning of Della is an attempt to do what?
(a) Railroad Henry and the others.
(b) Get to the truth of the matter.
(c) Put the guilty people in jail.
(d) Set Henry and the others free.

10. 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.

11. 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 battle.
(d) The gang war.

12. At the end of Act 1, scene11, El Pachuco says that it is what?
(a) Intermission.
(b) The end of the matter.
(c) The end of prejudice.
(d) Time to go to jail.

13. According to El Pachuco, what happens to a Mexican once he is in jail?
(a) He fights in jail.
(b) He lives in jail.
(c) He dies in jail.
(d) He stays in jail.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry's confrontation with the guard and El Pachuco reveal the depth of his what?

2. Who does Henry have a last moment with before being led off after the verdict?

3. What is the important thing in the beginning of Act 2?

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

5. How does Act 2 start?

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