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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Judge Anna Diggs Tyayor attend segregated schools while growing up?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Boston.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Philadelphia.

2. After the verdict and sentencing by Judge Taylor, what percent of the public believed Ebens' verdict was fair?
(a) 44%.
(b) 56%.
(c) 49%.
(d) 51%.

3. Where did Judge Ann Diggs Taylor attend one of the few private schools that accepted Black students?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) New York.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Maine.

4. Who was the jury foreman in Chapter 34?
(a) Jeffrey Heffron.
(b) David Wilson.
(c) Matthew Roberts.
(d) Jonathan Vickers.

5. How did Bob Siroskey know Vincent?
(a) They used to work together.
(b) They worked together.
(c) They went to trade school together.
(d) They went to high school together.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Morris Cotton in 1982?

2. How long after Lily came to America did she become a citizen?

3. When did Judge Taylor spend a summer in Mississippi to help register Black voters?

4. When did Frank Eamn and a friend and their teacher march in a civil right demonstration in Dearborn?

5. In Chapter 34, what was the makeup of the jury?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Ebens testified at the civil rights trial, what did he say about killing Chin?

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

4. When Ebens' defense team filed an appeal, what claims did they make?

5. How did Harold Fitzgerald end up testifying in Chapter 26?

6. Who evaluated the appeal of Ebens' defense team, and what was their decision?

7. Why did Starlene Rudolph, a dancer at the Fancy Pants Club, refuse Vincent's tip?

8. What appointment did President Jimmy Carter give Judge Taylor?

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

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

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