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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to El Pachuco, what do people think Henry is?
(a) A peaceful leader.
(b) A violent thug.
(c) A patient gang member.
(d) A smart man.

2. How is the truth about what happened the night of the raid revealed?
(a) Through an aside.
(b) In a narrative.
(c) In a soliloquy.
(d) Through flashbacks.

3. How is the start of the trial announced at the beginning of Act 1, scene 8?
(a) With a television reporter.
(b) With headlines.
(c) By George.
(d) By El Pachuco.

4. El Pachuco says Henry should stay and fight a war in his hometown against what?
(a) Prejudice.
(b) Crime.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Unemployment.

5. What is the role of El Pachuco at the beginning of Act 1, scene iii?
(a) Henry's confidante.
(b) A commentator.
(c) Henry's conscience.
(d) The narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Henry going to learn the extent of in the courtroom?

2. Where does the fight that Edwards and Smith want Henry to tell them about occur?

3. According to Alice, why is she asking Henry questions?

4. The gang sees Alice and George's intentions as being fine in theory, but what?

5. The tension is between the Chicanos and what other ethnic group?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the trial that makes it clear Henry and the others are being railroaded?

2. What is the powerful pachuco dream?

3. What is the basis for this play?

4. What do the different endings presented about Henry's life symbolize?

5. What does El Pachuco do as the sailors leave the scene?

6. How is the story told in Act 2, scene 7?

7. What happens when Henry sees Della after his release from prison?

8. Why are Dolores and Enrique proud of their sons, and how do they express it?

9. What is the comparison the author draws between the war and the trial?

10. Why does Alice identify with the situation the pachucos are in?

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