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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is exploding at the beginning of Act 1, scene ii?
(a) Flashbulbs.
(b) Pipe bombs.
(c) People's tempers.
(d) Cars.

2. How is a zoot suit cut?
(a) Narrow and close-fitting.
(b) Large and baggy.
(c) Loose and tailored.
(d) Slim and tight.

3. What is the technique called that exposes flaws by making them extreme?
(a) Exaggeration.
(b) Satire.
(c) Irony.
(d) Ridicule.

4. Who beats Henry into unconsciousness?
(a) Townsly.
(b) Smith.
(c) Edwards.
(d) Kingsly.

5. Where does the fight that Edwards and Smith want Henry to tell them about occur?
(a) Sleepy Lagoon.
(b) Sleepy Cave.
(c) Sleepy Cove.
(d) Sleepy River.

6. What job does Alice say she has?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Social activist.
(c) Public defender.
(d) Immigration lawyer.

7. Just because Tommy is integrated into the gang does not mean the gang trusts what?
(a) All lawyers.
(b) All leaders.
(c) All rich people.
(d) All whites.

8. When does the Downey gang disappear from the fight between Henry and Rafas?
(a) When Henry beats up Rafas.
(b) When Rafas beats up Henry.
(c) When Rafas orders them to leave.
(d) When Henry lets Rafas go.

9. How many parts are there in Act 1, scene iv?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

10. What does El Pachuco do when Henry's mother and father leave?
(a) Cry.
(b) Give an aside.
(c) Sing.
(d) Dance.

11. George is angry because what is being withheld from the gang members?
(a) Clean clothing.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Familial visits.
(d) Food.

12. El Pachuco tells Henry that George and Alice are using him for what?
(a) AS a poster boy for injustice.
(b) Money.
(c) Their own purposes.
(d) To get ahead in the world.

13. According to El Pachuco, what era of the Chicanos wanted to live the powerful pachuco dream?
(a) 40s.
(b) 20s.
(c) 50s.
(d) 30s.

14. What does Henry tell George when George convinces him to let him work for the boy?
(a) What happened at the diner.
(b) What happened the night of the dance.
(c) What happened at the barn.
(d) What happened in the field.

15. What era is El Pachuco's zoot suit from?
(a) The 40s.
(b) The 70s.
(c) The 20s.
(d) The 50s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of trial does George tell the boys they will face?

2. What does Henry's mother not want him to wear to the dance?

3. What is the name of Henry's mother?

4. Other than Henry, what is the name of one of the gang members in prison?

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

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