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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. Ishmael, as a boy, tells Hatsue that the oceans
(a) Are separated by volcanoes
(b) Are really lava underneath
(c) Are all salt water
(d) Mix into one big ocean underneath

2. Over a period of four years, Ishmael and Hatsue met and spent time
(a) In a hollow cedar tree
(b) Out in the strawberry fields
(c) At the beach
(d) After school in a field

3. San Piedro's hills are green with
(a) Cedar trees
(b) Mint farming
(c) Agriculture
(d) Pine and fir forest

4. Sheriff Moran testifies that he
(a) Was told that Etta was dangerous
(b) Tried to talk with Etta Heine
(c) Spoke with Etta Heine
(d) Saw Etta Heine at the scene

5. As children, Hatsue and Ishmael hunt together for
(a) Geoducks
(b) Oysters
(c) Mallard ducks
(d) Horses

Short Answer Questions

1. When Carl, Sr. had a stroke, Etta jumped at the chance to

2. The U.S. Relocation Authority announced that Japanese islanders

3. Many Japanese workers sent money to Japan to buy

4. The knife sheath found on Carl Heine's body

5. As a gesture toward his customers, Einar Petersen offered

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the hysteria on San Piedro Island when the news of the Pearl Harbor attack is announced.

2. Does the idea of a Japanese Strawberry Princess strike you as odd? Why were the princesses never Swedish or Norwegian or other nationalities?

3. Why does Kabuo's demeanor seem cold and hard?

4. Why were Japanese citizens being arrested in the US?

5. In most of the anecdotes of snow-related catastrophes on the island, Guterson uses the opportunity to remind us of the folksy nature of this small-town community. Identify some of those instances.

6. Why do the Japanese sit at the back of the courtroom in Amity Harbor?

7. Why would Horace Whaley even consider that someone of Japanese descent had hit Carl Heine in the head?

8. Describe Amity Harbor. Is it an upscale town? Does it seem inviting?

9. What interrupts the Miyamotos' purchase of seven acres of the Heines' property

10. Besides having to dissect dead bodies, why is Horace Whaley's job particularly difficult?

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