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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. What was Rudy doing the night of the Sleepy Lagoon murder that Henry was warned about?
(a) Starting a fight.
(b) Wanting to fight.
(c) Drinking too much.
(d) Doing drugs.

2. In Act 1, scene 5, what do the questions from the Press hint at?
(a) Prejudice.
(b) Shoddy investigative work.
(c) A frame-up.
(d) Beatings.

3. Before condemning the Chicano community, Edwards says he sees what type of potential in Henry?
(a) Leadership.
(b) Academic.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Scholastic.

4. When George loses he temper when the boys question him, what does he say the organization he works for tries to do?
(a) Prevent cover-ups.
(b) Wipe out prejudice.
(c) Wipe out bad investigations.
(d) Wipe out bad police officers.

5. Who is Henry's girlfriend when Henry appears for the first time in the play?
(a) Vella.
(b) Stella.
(c) Della.
(d) Ella.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Henry's father?

2. George is angry because what is being withheld from the gang members?

3. How is everyone dancing at the end of Act 1, scene 7?

4. What is the role of El Pachuco at the beginning of Act 1, scene iii?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is George Shearer?

2. What does it mean that Henry begins to listen to El Pachuco in Act 1, scene 7?

3. What is happening during Act 1, scene 1?

4. What does Edwards say in his press conference?

5. According to Della, why did the people at the party attack the pachucos?

6. Why does Henry loses his temper with El Pachuco?

7. What role does Rudy play in Act 2, scene 8?

8. In Act 1, scene 2, what does the character of the Press represent?

9. When George tells the boys he is leaving, what does he struggle to convince them?

10. Who do Alice and George represent?

(see the answer keys)

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