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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 did the federal civil rights trial begin?

2. What type of car did the bartender drive Ebens home in on June 19, 1982?

3. In Chapter 27, when did Lily Chin take the stand?

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

5. In Chapter 21, how many people were interviewed during the week of June 5 for a possible spot on the jury?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What inspired Miriam Siefer to pursue a career in law?

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

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

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

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

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

The defense attorneys believed the killing was caused by toxic masculinity, not racism. Why did the defense attorneys believe the killing was caused by toxic masculinity, not racism?

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