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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 word does the author use to describe the names of the insurance companies?

2. For which newspaper does Brown say he is researching an article?

3. How is Dave related to Brown?

4. Whom do the Militants receive telegrams of support from in this section?

5. What does the church office tell Brown on the phone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brown arrange at the coroner's office?

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

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

4. How does Brown deal with the situation after the police have made their arrests?

5. Why do Robert family refuse to believe that Robert hanged himself?

6. What plans does Brown make in Chapter 4?

7. What problems does Bobby Kennedy's death cause the Chicano militants?

8. What does Mickey De Silva say he remembers about the night Robert supposedly hanged himself?

9. Why does Brown decide to move away from his sister?

10. Why do the Chicano groups not support the militants' attack on St. Basil's church?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the lives of Mexicans like in America before the Chicano Movement existed? How did the Chicano Movement change life for Mexicans in America?

Essay Topic 2

Why did Brown want to become a criminal lawyer? What are Brown's strengths and weaknesses as a lawyer?

Essay Topic 3

Examine each person's importance to the Chicano Movement: Brown, Gilbert, Zanzibar, and Corky.

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