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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the jury is excused, Ishmael contemplates his
(a) Ongoing desire for Hatsue
(b) Prejudice against all Japanese
(c) Decision not to give Soames the report
(d) Plan to make sure Kabuo is convicted

2. Gillanders speculates that Kabuo could not have
(a) Forced Carl to board his boat
(b) Forced Carl to head back to shore
(c) Made a forced boarding
(d) Pulled up his own nets

3. When Ishmael begged Hatsue to hold him
(a) She looks at him with disgust and pity
(b) She tells him again she does not love him
(c) She holds him for just a few minutes
(d) She refuses to do so

4. By pointing out his change of story, Alvin Hooks wants the jury to
(a) Consider Carl's wife
(b) Doubt Kabuo's credibility
(c) Dislike the defendant
(d) Remember that Japs lie

5. At the trial, Susan Marie's demeanor inspires
(a) Doubt in the jury
(b) Anger in the courtroom
(c) Sympathy in the courtroom
(d) Suspicion in the courtroom

6. Reviewing the errands he must run due to the storm, Ishmael plans to
(a) Borrow the printing press in the Seattle office
(b) Offer Hatsue and her family a ride
(c) Get a storm report from the Coast Guard station
(d) Go into Anacortes for the national news

7. Before he set out to fish, Kabuo put his hand on the water and
(a) Scared away a gull
(b) Prayed for luck and safety
(c) Measured its coldness
(d) Cooled his green tea

8. Ishmael does not feel his mother can understand his
(a) Prejudice against Japanese
(b) Remorse for his actions
(c) Emotional coldness
(d) Rage for Hatsue

9. Ishmael remembers that his father did not
(a) Slow down much
(b) Appear to wish for something else
(c) Read all of his books
(d) Read the paper very much

10. Kabuo had felt he should be silent about events with Carl Heine
(a) Until he was able to get an attorney
(b) Until Hatsue was able to tell her story
(c) Until after the dust had settled
(d) Because the laws could change

11. Ishmael's father felt the islanders were forced
(a) To forego an education to survive
(b) To fish or farm, one or the other
(c) Stay on the island where they were born
(d) To keep their feelings suppressed

12. Mr. Van Ness feels that Alvin Hooks' rendition of the murder is
(a) Far fetched but possible
(b) A stretch too far
(c) A lie of a racist
(d) A feasible scenario

13. Revisiting the old cedar tree of his youth, Ishmael realizes clearly that
(a) Passionate affairs are for the young
(b) His youth lay in the empty cedar tree
(c) The beauty of the world is in its cold silence
(d) He had no business coming to this tree

14. What is now discovered about Carl's boat that the Sheriff missed earlier?
(a) Cut lashings and blood on the mast and spar pole
(b) An empty knife sheath
(c) Another gaff with no blood
(d) Blood on the coffee cup and floor

15. As they leave court, Nels Gudmundsson mentions to Ishmael
(a) That he knew about Ishmael and Hatsue
(b) What an admirable man he was
(c) How much he liked Ishmael's father
(d) They should pray for Ishmael's mother

Short Answer Questions

1. Evidence that will turn the case completely around is found by the Sheriff

2. Kabuo Miyamoto had not told the truth about helping Carl Heine to anyone but

3. Sheriff Moran warns Ed Soames not to tell people

4. Alex Van Ness is

5. How did Carl Heine, Jr. die?

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