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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The snowstorm on San Piedro
(a) is wreaking havoc everywhere
(b) Promises to be a minor one
(c) Is a pleasant diversion
(d) Is an unusual event

2. Ole Jurgensen bought the old Miyamoto house as a place for his
(a) Manager and pickers
(b) Children and their children
(c) Wife when she was intolerable
(d) Neighbors who were homeless

3. Perhaps Kabuo's worst lingering memory of the war was
(a) The German atrocities
(b) His best friend's death
(c) Storming the beach
(d) Shooting a child

4. After the kiss on the beach, Ishmael finds himself
(a) Having dreams of other girls
(b) Bothering Hatsue
(c) Ignoring Hatsue
(d) Spying on Hatsue

5. Ishmael tells Hatsue her hair smells like
(a) Cedar
(b) Clams
(c) Strawberries
(d) Flowers

6. The significance of the four pieces of mooring line is
(a) They show that boats were connected
(b) They held down the fishing bins
(c) They were used to bring the body up
(d) They are all that was left of Carl's gear

7. The people of Amity Harbor are frightened about the possibility of
(a) The Japanese moving ashore with weapons
(b) Being attacked by the Japanese
(c) Being attacked from within
(d) The Japanese confiscating their boats

8. Liesel Jurgensen thought Susan Marie would be happy Carl bought the farm because
(a) Fisherman are always gone at night
(b) They have two strong children for picking
(c) It was the Heine's old farm
(d) She loves strawberries

9. By 1907, the Port Jefferson Mill records referred to the Japanese workers as
(a) "Jap" and a number
(b) Jap slaves
(c) "Jap" and a characteristic
(d) Jap staffers

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

11. The abusive sergeant from J Company who lectured the men at the seawall
(a) Crawled away and hid by the wall
(b) Was shot through the spine
(c) Was saved by a medic
(d) Lost his leg

12. Ishmael's father prints instructions in his paper about
(a) How to pilot a boat if necessary
(b) What to do in an air raid
(c) How to evacuate the island
(d) How to duck and cover if attacked

13. When Carl, Sr. had a stroke, Etta jumped at the chance to
(a) Clear the strawberries
(b) Put him in a home
(c) Sell the farm
(d) Move to the city

14. Ishmael believes his love for Hatsue is
(a) Immoral
(b) A mistake
(c) Preordained
(d) Frightening

15. What does Hatsue do when Ishmael proposes marriage?
(a) Screams
(b) Goes silent
(c) Runs away
(d) Cries

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ishmael and Hatsue begin to make love, Hatsue realizes

2. Why does Kabuo constantly look inward at himself?

3. Ishmael Chambers returned from the war

4. Kabuo feels he will be exiled from his family in order to

5. As children, Hatsue and Ishmael hunt together for

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