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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Chinese men are estimated to have died from the explosions they had to create when they were working on the railroad?
(a) About 2,000.
(b) Over 1,500.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 3,000.

2. Where did Liz Chan get her undergraduate degree?
(a) Barnard.
(b) Swarthmore.
(c) Grinnell.
(d) Columbia.

3. When did the 1967 Detroit riots begin?
(a) July 23.
(b) July 2.
(c) July 18.
(d) July 29.

4. In what province did Lily's family live in the 1800s?
(a) Guangdon.
(b) Qinghai.
(c) Hebei.
(d) Anhui.

5. What was the name of Lily Chin's father?
(a) Feng Zhao.
(b) Yee Char.
(c) Ju Wu.
(d) Bi Zhang.

6. In 1983, what type of car did Liz Chan own?
(a) Chevy.
(b) Ford.
(c) Datsun.
(d) Toyota.

7. When Vincent arrived at the hospital, what was his chance of survival?
(a) 5%.
(b) 8%.
(c) 13%.
(d) 2%.

8. When Roland Hwang was in high school, how many students - including him - were Asians?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

9. When did David Ashenfelter and John Castine write a six-part investigative series on manslaughter sentencing in Michigan?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1983.

10. In 1980, what percent of the U.S. population was Asian American?
(a) 4.9%.
(b) 1.5%.
(c) 3.8%.
(d) 2.6%.

11. How many months was Judge Kaufman a Japanese prisoner of war during World War II?
(a) 20 months.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 15 months.
(d) 23 months.

12. How many employees at the Fancy Pants Club were interviewed by police?
(a) None.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

13. When were Vikki and Vincent to have been married?
(a) June 28, 1982.
(b) July 1, 1982.
(c) June 30, 1982.
(d) July 2, 1983.

14. When did more than 100 Asian Americans from all over Wayne County area meet at the Chinese Welfare Council building and establish the American Citizens for Justice?
(a) March 31, 1983.
(b) March 28, 1983.
(c) April 2, 1983.
(d) April 5, 1983.

15. How many Chinese immigrants, including Lily's great-grandfather, helped build the transcontinental railroad?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 20,000
(c) 30,000.
(d) 35,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the fight in the bar, where was Michael Nitz injured?

2. When did Ebens and Nitz plead guilty?

3. Where did Vikki live before she moved to America as a teenager?

4. How many days in jail did Henry Yee say you could get for killing a dog?

5. How old was Mable Lim when she helped in her family's laundry?

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