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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kabuo is arrested due to the
(a) Lie about the new mooring line
(b) Attitude he has taken toward the Sheriff
(c) Lack of resistance he has shown
(d) Discovery of a gaff with a bloody handle

2. Ishmael feels that accidental occurrences on the island
(a) Gain the upper hand in the islanders' view
(b) Bring a sense of indifference to the people
(c) Are the focus of only a few citizens
(d) Are the norm for the islanders

3. Reading, for Nels, causes a flareup of his
(a) Neurasthenia
(b) Neurosis
(c) Prostate
(d) Alzheimers

4. Fisherman leapfrogging one another's nets are said to be
(a) Fishing you out
(b) Stealing your thunder
(c) Bad fishermen
(d) Corking your off

5. Just as the Sheriff appeared with a search warrant, Kabuo had
(a) Put his fishing gaff in the hold
(b) Accidentally killed a seagull
(c) Been washing his boat
(d) Hidden his batteries away

6. Ishmael's primary goal for this day is to
(a) Keep his arm warm
(b) Get Thursday's paper printed
(c) Get his power back on
(d) Find a safe, warm haven

7. Ishmael's speech to his mother about Kabuo includes a great deal of
(a) Bias and anger toward Kabuo Miyamoto
(b) Resentment toward Hatsue and her mother
(c) Factual history about the Japanese culture
(d) U.S. propaganda about the Japanese

8. Evidence that will turn the case completely around is found by the Sheriff
(a) On the floor of the boat's cabin
(b) In the boat's rest room
(c) On the cleats of the boat
(d) In the wood of the port gunnel

9. When Hooks excuses Hatsue, she is prevented from
(a) Expressing her love for Kabuo
(b) Telling Hooks her opinion
(c) Defending Kabuo's actions
(d) Fully answering his last question

10. Ishmael's mother, Helen Chambers, is
(a) A decrepit and sickly woman
(b) A capable and vital woman
(c) A religious fanatic
(d) A reclusive bookworm

11. When recess is called, Judge Fielding asks
(a) The lawyers to meet with him privately
(b) The lawyers to take a long break
(c) Soames to get him some lunch
(d) Soames to find firewood for heat

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

13. To accommodate ships in heavy fog, the Coast Guard had installed
(a) Sounding boards along the beaches
(b) Radar whistle blast buoys
(c) Louder and more effective foghorns
(d) Flashing warning lights all along the beach

14. Susan Marie understands that Carl Heine needed
(a) Time to himself
(b) A lot of space
(c) A large strawberry crop
(d) A boat to escape in

15. Why didn't Kabuo remember getting an extra battery before he went fishing on the morning of his arrest?
(a) It did not seem relevant
(b) It was a detail he wanted to forget
(c) It was three months ago
(d) It didn't fit with his story

Short Answer Questions

1. What is now discovered about Carl's boat that the Sheriff missed earlier?

2. Sitting at the Coast Guard office Ishmael's thoughts go back to

3. Ishmael allows himself to remember

4. Did island fishermen go aboard one another's boats out in the water?

5. Mr. Van Ness feels that Alvin Hooks' rendition of the murder is

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