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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 the Detroit Free Press ran an article about Ebens' retrial, who was shown comforting Lily in a photo that ran with the article?
(a) Roland Hwang.
(b) Kin Yee and Helen Zia.
(c) Mabel Lim and James Shimoura.
(d) Liz Chan.

2. Who were the Detroit Tigers playing on June 19, 1982?
(a) Kansas City Royals.
(b) Baltimore Orioles.
(c) Milwaukee Brewers.
(d) Chicago White Sox.

3. How did Bob Siroskey know Vincent?
(a) They worked together.
(b) They went to trade school together.
(c) They went to high school together.
(d) They used to work together.

4. When was it announced that Ronald Ebens would be retried on charges of violating Vincent Chin's civil rights?
(a) September 24, 1986.
(b) September 19, 1986.
(c) September 28, 1986.
(d) September 4, 1986.

5. When was the Fancy Pants Club shut down?
(a) January 4, 1986.
(b) January 19, 1986.
(c) January 28, 1986.
(d) January 8, 1986.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Koivu testify that he and Bob Siroskey grabbed to protect themselves when Ebens and Nitz pulled a baseball bat from their car trunk?

2. What was the unemployment rate in Michigan in 1982?

3. When did witnesses present testimony during the second civil rights trial for Ebens?

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

5. When Judge Anna Diggs Taylor graduated from Yale Law School, how many other women graduated with a law degree?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Ebens' second trial moved to Cincinnati?

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

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

5. When Ebens' defense team filed an appeal, what claims did they make?

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

7. When and why was the Fancy Pants Club closed?

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

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

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

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