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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 years did Ebens work at Chrysler?

2. During Nitz's testimony in Chapter 28, when did Nitz remember the last time he was in a fight?

3. What did Nitz claim he and Ebens were looking for when they were driving on June 19, 1982?

4. How old was Morris Cotton in 1982?

5. What was the entrance fee for the Fancy Pants Club?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were potential jurors nervous for the federal trial?

2. What was the purpose of the federal trial for Vincent Chin's murder?

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

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

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

6. What was the jury's decision in Chapter 31, and what was Ebens' sentence?

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

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

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

10. What was the makeup of the jury and their decision in Chapter 34?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the novel? Why is it not a biography?

Essay Topic 2

Setting is the place and time where a narrative takes place. What is the setting in From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

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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