Zoot Suit Quizzes

Zoot Suit Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Marisela Treviño Orta

Jose Luis Valenzuela

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Luis Valdez
2 When did the play premiere on Broadway?
1977

1979

1983

1981
3 When did the film adaptation of the play come out?
1981

1983

1988

1979
4 Where does the play take place?
Mexico City

New York

San Francisco

Los Angeles
5 What other film is Luis Valdez known for writing and directing?
Desperado

Tortilla Soup

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

La Bamba
6 What does the curtain onstage look like?
A newspaper

A handkerchief

A zoot suit

A beach
7 In what year did the Zoot Suit Riots take place?
1945

1942

1949

1943
8 Who enters first?
El Pachuco

Rafas

Alice

Henry
9 What song plays as he enters?
La Bamba

Perdido

As Time Goes By

Boogie Woogie
10 What is an element of the zoot suit?
Emerald ring

Sombrero

Pork-pie hat

Very long scarf
11 Who is the protagonist?
El Pachuco

Henry

Rafas

Rudy
12 To what gang does he belong?
Latin Kings

Downey Gang

13th Street Gang

38th Street Gang
13 Who is Henry's girlfriend?
Della

Rosa

Salma

Alice
14 How old is Henry in the play?
18

21

22

20
15 Who arrests the boys?
Lieutenant Edwards

Sergeant Garfield

Lieutenant Smith

Lieutenant Krupke
16 Where does the murder in question take place?
Los Feliz

Sleepy Lagoon

Monterey Park

Koreatown
17 What did Henry recently do that is compromised by his arrest?
Apply to college

Propose to Della

Get a job at a school

Join the Army
18 What did Edwards once wrongfully arrest Henry for?
Beating up a woman

Setting a building on fire

Stealing a car

Burgling a store
19 What war is taking place?
The Vietnam War

The American Civil War

World War II

World War I
20 What branch of the Armed Forces did Henry join?
Army

Navy

Air Force

Coast Guard
21 Who was murdered?
Lieutenant Edwards

José Williams

Smiley

Rafas
22 What does Dolores hang on a clothesline?
Books

Newspaper

Handkerchiefs

Sheets
23 Who is Henry's sister?
Rosa

Della

Lupe

Alice
24 How old is she on the night of the dance?
18

16

14

20
25 Why do Enrique and Dolores want Lupe to change?
Her skirt is too short

She is wearing a gang jacket

Her dress is too low-cut

She is wearing pants

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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