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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. When the Detroit Free Press ran an article about Ebens' retrial, who was shown comforting Lily in a photo that ran with the article?
2. How long did Lily's testimony last in Chapter 27?
3. How long after Lily came to America did she become a citizen?
4. What type of car was Ebens driving in 1982?
5. How long had Miriam Siefer been at the federal public defender's office when the Vincent Chin killing happened?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Judge Anna Diggs Taylor's background?
2. What was the makeup of the jury and their decision in Chapter 34?
3. How did Harold Fitzgerald end up testifying in Chapter 26?
4. Why did Starlene Rudolph, a dancer at the Fancy Pants Club, refuse Vincent's tip?
5. In Chapter 27, how did Lily describe how Vincent spent Saturday, June 19, 1982?
6. When Ebens testified at the civil rights trial, what did he say about killing Chin?
7. What language issue did Chan believe gave the impression that she was coaching the witnesses in her May 1983 meeting?
8. Why did Frank Eaman have doubts about how Ebens was being portrayed in the media?
9. When and why was the Fancy Pants Club closed?
10. Why did the defense and prosecution disagree about having Lily Chin testify at the civil rights hearing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Defense attorneys considered Ebens and Nitz to be victims. Why and how did defense attorneys believe that Ebens and Nitz were victims?
Essay Topic 2
Plea bargaining is an agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant. Why was a plea bargain proposed? What are the benefits for a prosecutor and a defendant to accept a plea bargain? Why was a plea bargain proposed for the defendants in the Vincent Chin killing? Why did individuals feel the plea bargain in Vincent Chin’s case thwarted justice?
Essay Topic 3
Mood is an element that evokes feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a narrative. What is the overall mood of From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry?
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