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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 does Rafas do to Rudy in the first scene of the play?
(a) Shoves him.
(b) Hits him.
(c) Punches him.
(d) Kicks him.

2. Where does El Pachuco take the story at the end of Act 1, scene 8?
(a) To the news station.
(b) To the courthouse.
(c) To the newsroom.
(d) To the courtroom.

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

4. 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 police officers.
(b) Wipe out prejudice.
(c) Prevent cover-ups.
(d) Wipe out bad investigations.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The tension is between the Chicanos and what other ethnic group?

2. El Pachuco describes the "Pachuco" as part mythic what?

3. The gang sees Alice and George's intentions as being fine in theory, but what?

4. What does El Pachuco believe should be most important to a true pachuco?

5. How is a zoot suit cut?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens the night of the Zoot Suit Riots?

5. What does the story of Rudy being stripped of his zoot suit represent?

6. How does Act 1, scene 7 use movie techniques to tell the story of the play?

7. Who is Alice?

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

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

10. What happens after Della's testimony?

(see the answer keys)

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