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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 kind of cops are leading the investigation that Henry is involved in?
(a) Tough cops.
(b) Honest cops.
(c) Lazy cops.
(d) Hard-working cops.

2. What is the sound that is blaring at the beginning of Act 1, scene ii?
(a) Car horns.
(b) Sirens.
(c) Beat boxes.
(d) Music.

3. Who observes the police raid in the barrio?
(a) The federal agents.
(b) The lawyers.
(c) INS.
(d) The press.

4. Where does the fight that Edwards and Smith want Henry to tell them about occur?
(a) Sleepy River.
(b) Sleepy Cove.
(c) Sleepy Cave.
(d) Sleepy Lagoon.

5. In Act 1, scene 8, Henry brags that no matter what happens he will do what?
(a) Be a pachuco for life.
(b) Stand up for the Chicano way of life.
(c) Join the military.
(d) Come out on top.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is El Pachuco?

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

3. Why does Henry get involved in the fight between Rudy and Rafas?

4. El Pachuco describes the "Pachuco" as part heroic what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the singing of El Pachuco suggest?

3. Why does Henry refuse his mother's request that he change out of his zoot suit?

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

5. Who do Alice and George represent?

6. What is one reason that the author would have the play go on past Henry's release?

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

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

9. What do Edwards and Smith do when trying to get information out of Henry?

10. What does El Pachuco say after the verdict is handed down?

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