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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Hatsue hoped that having children would help Kabuo
(a) Become more focused on something besides himself
(b) Become more open and giving
(c) Become less obsessed with his dream of farming
(d) Become a better husband and son

3. Hatsue guesses that Ishmael knew earlier about the freighter
(a) And did not want Hatsue to know about it
(b) And was planning to hold onto it until Kabuo was convicted
(c) But needed time to decide what to do
(d) And hoped to keep the information secret

4. Ishmael allows himself to remember
(a) His childhood angst
(b) His baseball cards
(c) His father's character and values
(d) Other winter storms

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

6. Hatsue testifies that the morning of Carl Heine's death, Kabuo came home
(a) Happy he had been able to help Carl
(b) Worried that Carl had not come home yet
(c) Excited about getting his land back
(d) Anxious to get his money from the bank

7. When Kabuo asks to buy back his land, Carl Heine tells him
(a) Absolutely not
(b) His wife will not allow it
(c) He will need to think about it
(d) His mother hates Japs

8. Carl Heine and Susan Marie Heine's marriage was a relationship based on
(a) Sex
(b) Convenience
(c) Children
(d) Money

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

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

11. Nels Gudmundsson makes the point that Susan Marie has offered evidence that
(a) Bears further examination
(b) Is entirely hearsay
(c) Is useless
(d) Is only speculation

12. Ishmael finds among the Coast Guard records for September 15 and 16 that
(a) The Corona heard Carl's fog warning
(b) A large ship went off course toward anacortes
(c) A large ship cut through Carl Heine's fishing area
(d) The Corona hit Carl's fishing boat

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

14. Carl and Susan Marie live in a
(a) Convenience apartment
(b) Fishing cabin
(c) Beautiful house
(d) Ramshackle cabin

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With fog as thick as it was on the night that Carl Heine died, it was easy to

2. Outside, as the snowfall diminishes, Ishmael notices

3. After the jury is excused, Ishmael contemplates his

4. Helen Chambers reminds Ishmael to remember all the facts so that he can

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

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