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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 Chinese immigrants, including Lily's great-grandfather, helped build the transcontinental railroad?

2. When was the first ACJ rally for Vincent Chin?

3. How long before Vincent's death did his father die?

4. How old was Ebens in 1983?

5. How old was Mable Lim, the grandmother who, with her husband, delivered press releases about the Vincent Chin murder?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Zia create the press releases to raise awareness about VIncent Chin?

2. What was VIncent's life like before he died?

3. What businesses were shut down during the first rally for Vincent, and why was that a big deal?

4. In 1980, what percent of U.S. population was Asian Americans?

5. Where did Ebens find VIncent later, and how did he react?

6. What were Ebens and Nitz charged with, and why?

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

8. Why could Ebens and Nitz not be retried?

9. What statement did Vikki Wong make after the lenient sentence Ebens and Nitz received?

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

When Helen Zia saw an article about Vincent Chin’s death, she thought the killing might have been racially motivated. Why did Zia believe the killing might have been racially motivated?

Essay Topic 2

People believed that the sentences Eben and Nitz received for the killing were unjust. Why did people believe that the sentences Eben and Nitz received for the killing were unjust? How did the judge defend the sentences and did that change people’s minds about the sentences being unjust?

Essay Topic 3

There were mixed reactions to the verdict in the second civil rights trial. What mixed reactions were there to the verdict in the second civil rights trial? Why did Lily feel her life was over after she heard the verdict?

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