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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Asian American crowded in the back room of the Golden Star on March 20, 1983?

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

3. When Vincent arrived at the hospital, what was his chance of survival?

4. When did Vickent and Vikki start dating?

5. In Chapter 13, how many days after Judge Kaufman's sentencing did Chrysler fire Ebens from his job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Vincent's condition by the time he arrived at Henry Ford Hospital?

2. Where did Vincent go for a bachelor party, and what happened there?

3. What sentence did Judge Kaufman give Ebens and Nitz and why?

4. Why were tensions between whites and Asian-American's high in 1982?

5. Why did Officer Morris Cotton believe that Ebens should have been kept in jail?

6. Why did some believe that Judge Kaufman harbored an anti-Asian bias?

7. Why could Ebens and Nitz not be retried?

8. What was Ebens' life like after the sentencing?

9. How did the federal government get involved in VIncent Chin's case?

10. Who was Liz Chen and how did she become involved in the justice for Vincent Chin campaign?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The police, prosecutors, and Judge Kaufman had responsibilities related to the crime and criminal case. What were the responsibilities of the police, the prosecutors, and Judge Kaufman? How did the police, the prosecutors, and Judge Kaufman fail in their responsibilities?

Essay Topic 2

There was controversy regarding the tapes Liz Chan recorded of a meeting she had with Koivu, Choi, and Siroskey in May 1983. Why was there a controversy about the tapes? Why did the tapes seem to indicate that Chan had tried to coach the men and tell them what to say about events they witnessed?

Essay Topic 3

Chinatown was dying in the 1980s. Why was Chinatown dying? Why were Vincent Chin and other men of his generation the future of Chinatown?

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