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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 type of trial does George tell the boys they will face?
(a) A prejudiced trial.
(b) A media trial.
(c) A rigged trial.
(d) A mass trial.

2. What does El Pachuco believe should be most important to a true pachuco?
(a) Honor.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Community.
(d) Country.

3. What is El Pachuco doing at the beginning of Act 1, scene 7?
(a) Singing.
(b) Thinking.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Commenting on the action.

4. Why is Henry desperate to get out of jail?
(a) To go into the Air Force.
(b) To go into the Navy.
(c) To go into the Army.
(d) To go into the Marines.

5. The powerful pachuco dream, according to El Pachuco, is to be a proud and ______ Chicano.
(a) Handsome.
(b) Rich.
(c) Visible.
(d) Powerful.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Press, how many members of Henry's gang are arrested?

2. When Henry starts listening to El Pachuco, it shows he is starting to act less in his own interests and more in the interests of what?

3. Alice and George represent well-meaning what?

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

5. According to El Pachuco, what era of the Chicanos wanted to live the powerful pachuco dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the issue with the clothing for the boys before their trial?

2. What does Smiley write in his letters?

3. What does Henry's choice between the two women symbolize?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Edwards behave like a politician?

9. What happens to get Henry thrown into solitary confinement?

10. Why is Henry pleased by Alice's reaction when he tells her that he is dropping out of the appeal?

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