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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. The mayor says he wants the group to ______________.

2. What did Robert's family notice on Robert's face at his funeral?

3. In which part of Los Angeles do the Chicano Militants live?

4. What is the result of Robert Fernandez's autopsy?

5. How is Dave related to Brown?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plans does Brown make in Chapter 4?

2. How do the leaders find a way into the church?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does the court issue a restraining order against the East LA Thirteen?

10. What problems do the Chicano Militants have at the beginning of Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following trials and examine how its outcome affected the Chicano Movement: The Tooner Flats Seven,The St. Basil Twenty One, and The East Los Angeles Thirteen.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

What does a movement such as the Chicano Movement need to make itself heard? Did the Chicano Movement do enough to make the public aware of them? What more could they have done?

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