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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 Brown want his journalist friend to do for him?

2. What is the name of the Los Angles mayor?

3. What does Brown vow to do after Robert's hearing?

4. Chavez is participating in ___________.

5. What was the name of the hotel Brown first checked into when he arrived in Los Angeles?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the group find when they walk into the parking lot?

2. How did Robert Fernandez reportedly die?

3. How does Brown become part of the Chicano Militant group?

4. Why does the mayor want to talk to Brown and the East Los Angeles Group?

5. Why did the police arrest Robert Fernandez?

6. What plans does Brown make in Chapter 4?

7. Describe the meeting between Brown and the Chicano Militants in this section?

8. What does Brown do after Robert's hearing?

9. How does the author describe the area surrounding St. Basil's church?

10. What does Brown say inspired him to practice criminal law?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were Nixon's views on the Chicano Movement? What effect did his election to President have on the movement?

Essay Topic 2

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does this have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

In what way could the Grand Jury be seen as racist? How can Brown use this accusation against them? How has the Supreme Court tried to counter racism?

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