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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. Upon seeing Carl Heine's corpse, Abel Martinson
(a) Screamed
(b) Ran
(c) Cried
(d) Vomited

2. Enlisting in the army, for Kabuo, was a matter of
(a) Getting an education
(b) Traveling to his homeland
(c) Honor and duty
(d) Money and opportunity

3. Ishmael Chambers returned from the war
(a) Unable to walk
(b) Missing an arm
(c) With brain injuries
(d) Unscathed

4. The darkness in Carl Heine's personality, as well as in Horace Whaley's is a result of
(a) Fighting in World War II
(b) Fishing and eking out a living
(c) Working on the island since childhood
(d) Mistrust and suspicion

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Horace Whaley testifies that the cut to Carl's hand was

2. The Queen of the Strawberry Festival is always a

3. By 1907, the Port Jefferson Mill records referred to the Japanese workers as

4. Why does Horace Whaley suggest that Carl's head wound was from a gun butt or stick?

5. As children, Hatsue and Ishmael hunt together for

Short Essay Questions

1. Why would reporters from out of town be attending Miyamoto's trial?

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

3. Although serious, this trial still has the feel of a small town affair. What are some reasons for that?

4. What was the convincing factor in Sheriff Moran's decision to get a search warrant for Kabuo's boat?

5. What is the agreement made between Zenhichi Miyamoto and Carl Heine, Sr.?

6. Why was Ole Jurgensen unwilling to hand over the Miyamoto's seven acres to Kabuo?

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

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

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

10. Why is Ishmael forced to pretend he does not have feelings for Hatsue?

(see the answer keys)

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