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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does El Pachuco do when Henry's mother and father leave?

2. How is the truth about what happened the night of the raid revealed?

3. How is the start of the trial announced at the beginning of Act 1, scene 8?

4. Who observes the police raid in the barrio?

5. In Act 1, scene 5, what do the questions from the Press hint at?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What do the sailors do to El Pachuco at the riots?

6. What does El Pachuco tell Henry to do in order to survive solitary confinement?

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

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

9. What does Smiley write in his letters?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a zoot suit, what does it represent, and what does giving it up represent? Support your answer with examples from the play.

Essay Topic 2

What is foreshadowing? How is it used in the play? Is it effective? Why or why not? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Why does the author continue the play past the happy ending point? Support your answer with examples from the play.

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