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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 old was Jimmy Perry in 1982?

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

3. How many years did Ebens work at Chrysler?

4. After Ebens' appeal was filed, how many federal judges reviewed the information?

5. At the start of the night on June 19, 1982, how many beers did Ebens testify that he drank?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened after Vincent challenged Ebens to another fight in the parking lot?

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

4. When and where was a fifth-anniversary commeoration of Vincent's death held?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ebens and Nitz claimed they attacked Vincent Chin because they were defending themselves. Why did they claim self-defense? Why did the police not believe their claims?

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

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?

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