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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 Alice, why is she asking Henry questions?
(a) She wants to be his friend.
(b) She pities him.
(c) She works for him.
(d) She is George's assistant.

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

3. What does Henry believe the police will do to throw him in jail?
(a) Set him up on a phony charge.
(b) Charge him with a parole violation.
(c) Set people up to accuse him.
(d) Make him commit another crime.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The powerful pachuco dream, according to El Pachuco, is to be a proud and ______ Chicano.

2. What is the technique called that exposes flaws by making them extreme?

3. Which character lists the headlines that appears in the papers after the arrests and the raid?

4. When George Shearer meets the boys for the first time, he says he is a lawyer hired to do what?

5. According to El Pachuco, why is Alice asking Henry questions?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Della and Henry doing at the beginning of Della's story about the Sleepy Lagoon murders?

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

3. What does El Pachuco suggest that Henry do instead of joining the Army?

4. What does Act 1, scene 9 remind the audience about trials?

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

6. How does El Pachuco describe himself in the first Act?

7. Why is Henry torn about trusting George and Alice?

8. Why do the people present react badly to Joey appearing in a zoot suit?

9. What does Smiley write in his letters?

10. What is the basis for this play?

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