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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kabuo feels he will be exiled from his family in order to
(a) Free them from his own depression
(b) Make them better appreciate him
(c) Feel better about the crimes he has committed
(d) Pay a debt to the dead in Italy

2. Etta does not want Carl to sell any acreage to Zenhichi Miyamoto because
(a) He might let the land fail
(b) He lives carelessly
(c) He is not trustworthy
(d) He is Japanese and she is racist

3. In daydreams in his jail cell, Kabuo wanders around
(a) Manzanar
(b) Piedo Island and the sea
(c) Seattle
(d) Italy

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

5. Hatsue's father is frightened by the Pearl Harbor news and
(a) Searches the sky for planes
(b) Arms himself with swords and knives
(c) Makes the family turn out the lights
(d) Takes cover in the family's basement

6. After the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese on San Piedro Island
(a) Began to chant and meditate
(b) Locked themselves in their homes
(c) Pledged their loyaty to the U.S.
(d) Stopped working in the fields

7. In the time of the Japanese islanders' grandparents, the U.S. census
(a) Reported a higher number of Japanese than were there
(b) Ignored the Japanese population
(c) Gave the Japanese joke names
(d) Renamed all the Japanese with American names

8. Hatsue's mother is upset and decides to
(a) Confiscate Sumiko's mail
(b) Write to Kabuo about Hatsue
(c) Write to Ishmael's parents
(d) Write to Hatsue's father

9. When Ishmael and Hatsue begin to make love, Hatsue realizes
(a) She could get into further trouble
(b) She can't let him have his own way
(c) Only bad things will come of this
(d) Nothing is right about it

10. Carl Heine, Jr. sealed his deal with Ole by giving him
(a) A note and a handshake
(b) Eight hundred dollars and a note
(c) A thousand dollars down
(d) A signed note

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

12. Ishmael wants very much to talk to
(a) The defendant, himself
(b) The defendant's son
(c) The defendant's wife
(d) The defendant's father

13. Art Moran does not want Ishmael to let on
(a) That there was anything unusual about Hatsue
(b) That Carl's head was injured
(c) That the accident happened in the water
(d) That Heine's death was being investigated

14. As Japanese Americans are being arrested, Ishmael blindly thinks
(a) The government will not bother with San Piedro
(b) That he and Hatsue will be together forever
(c) He can save Hatsue
(d) All Japanese workers will be exempt

15. Carl Heine is described as being
(a) Very gregarious
(b) A careless individual
(c) Meticulously clean
(d) Tidy and respectable

Short Answer Questions

1. Sumiko intervenes in Hatsue's life by

2. Kabuo Miyamoto's demeanor at his trial reveals

3. San Piedro's hills are green with

4. Liesel Jurgensen thought Susan Marie would be happy Carl bought the farm because

5. Ole and Leisel Jurgensen had two visitors on the same day--September 7. They were

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