Zoot Suit Quizzes

Zoot Suit Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Lin-Manuel Miranda

Luis Valdez

Jose Luis Valenzuela

Marisela Treviño Orta
2 When did the play premiere on Broadway?
1981

1979

1977

1983
3 When did the film adaptation of the play come out?
1988

1983

1979

1981
4 Where does the play take place?
New York

San Francisco

Los Angeles

Mexico City
5 What other film is Luis Valdez known for writing and directing?
La Bamba

Tortilla Soup

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Desperado
6 What does the curtain onstage look like?
A handkerchief

A beach

A newspaper

A zoot suit
7 In what year did the Zoot Suit Riots take place?
1942

1943

1949

1945
8 Who enters first?
Henry

Rafas

El Pachuco

Alice
9 What song plays as he enters?
As Time Goes By

Perdido

Boogie Woogie

La Bamba
10 What is an element of the zoot suit?
Emerald ring

Very long scarf

Pork-pie hat

Sombrero
11 Who is the protagonist?
Rudy

Henry

El Pachuco

Rafas
12 To what gang does he belong?
13th Street Gang

38th Street Gang

Latin Kings

Downey Gang
13 Who is Henry's girlfriend?
Salma

Alice

Della

Rosa
14 How old is Henry in the play?
18

21

20

22
15 Who arrests the boys?
Lieutenant Edwards

Lieutenant Smith

Sergeant Garfield

Lieutenant Krupke
16 Where does the murder in question take place?
Monterey Park

Los Feliz

Sleepy Lagoon

Koreatown
17 What did Henry recently do that is compromised by his arrest?
Get a job at a school

Apply to college

Join the Army

Propose to Della
18 What did Edwards once wrongfully arrest Henry for?
Beating up a woman

Burgling a store

Stealing a car

Setting a building on fire
19 What war is taking place?
The Vietnam War

World War I

The American Civil War

World War II
20 What branch of the Armed Forces did Henry join?
Navy

Army

Air Force

Coast Guard
21 Who was murdered?
Rafas

Smiley

José Williams

Lieutenant Edwards
22 What does Dolores hang on a clothesline?
Newspaper

Sheets

Handkerchiefs

Books
23 Who is Henry's sister?
Rosa

Della

Lupe

Alice
24 How old is she on the night of the dance?
20

16

18

14
25 Why do Enrique and Dolores want Lupe to change?
Her dress is too low-cut

She is wearing pants

She is wearing a gang jacket

Her skirt is too short

How did Rudy end Henry and the Pachuccos life? And what is happening at the time this happend?

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The theme of racial discrimination is shown as members of the 38th Street Gang contend with the ways that they are mistreated by officers of the law. They are often stuck in jail for small crimes, and are treated more poorly than their white peers. The ev

A major theme in the play revolves around the wrongful imprisonment of the members of the 38th Street Gang, who are persecuted primarily because of their race. The police force has a bigoted attitude towards the Hispanic gang members and...

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Is pachuco helpful or hurtful to Henry in his time of isolation? Why?

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