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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Department of Justice change the venue for Ebens' second trial?
(a) February 24, 1987.
(b) February 2, 1987.
(c) February 18, 1987.
(d) February 21, 1986.

2. In Chapter 30, how many witnesses testified at the civil rights trial?
(a) 36.
(b) 31.
(c) 47.
(d) 42.

3. After the verdict and sentencing by Judge Taylor, what percent of the public believed Ebens' verdict was fair?
(a) 49%.
(b) 51%.
(c) 56%.
(d) 44%.

4. When Choi and Vincent waited outside the McDonald's what did they have as a makeshift defense weapon?
(a) Large tree branch.
(b) Tire iron.
(c) Piece of a wooden fence.
(d) Pipe.

5. In Chapter 30, how long did it take for the prosecution and defense to deliver their final closing arguments?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 3 1/2 hours.
(c) 4 1/2 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Vincent Chin buried?

2. In Chapter 21, how many people were interviewed during the week of June 5 for a possible spot on the jury?

3. What time did Nitz leave work on June 19, 1982?

4. In Chapter 34, when was the verdict announced?

5. When was it announced that Ronald Ebens would be retried on charges of violating Vincent Chin's civil rights?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Ebens testified at the civil rights trial, what did he say about killing Chin?

2. How did Harold Fitzgerald end up testifying in Chapter 26?

3. Why did prosecutor Theodore Merritt believe the baseball bat needed to be used as evidence during the civil rights trial?

4. What inspired Miriam Siefer to pursue a career in law?

5. Why were Morris Cotton and Michael Gardenhire at McDonald's when VIncent was killed?

6. Why did the defense and prosecution disagree about having Lily Chin testify at the civil rights hearing?

7. What appointment did President Jimmy Carter give Judge Taylor?

8. In Chapter 27, how did Lily describe how Vincent spent Saturday, June 19, 1982?

9. Why did Eaman indicate in his closing remarks to the jury in Chapter 30 that the killing was a case of toxic masculinity?

10. What was Judge Anna Diggs Taylor's background?

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