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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. How is a zoot suit cut?
(a) Narrow and close-fitting.
(b) Slim and tight.
(c) Large and baggy.
(d) Loose and tailored.

2. What race is Tommy?
(a) Chicano.
(b) Asian.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

3. Who takes Henry out of the line-up and throws him to the floor?
(a) Franks.
(b) Banks.
(c) Smith.
(d) Edwards.

4. Who is El Pachuco?
(a) The main character.
(b) The star of the play.
(c) The chorus.
(d) The narrator.

5. According to the Press, how many members of Henry's gang are arrested?
(a) Twenty-three.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Twenty-four.
(d) Twenty-five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rafas do to Rudy in the first scene of the play?

2. What type of trial does George tell the boys they will face?

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

4. How many parts are there in Act 1, scene iv?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What news does George give the boys when he visits them in jail?

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

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

4. What does the singing of El Pachuco suggest?

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

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

7. Why does George stop the fighting between the brothers?

8. What are some of the differences between the first image the audience sees of the dance and the second time the dance scene appears?

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

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

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