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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a coroner, Horace Whaley
(a) Has seen only two dead bodies
(b) Knows very little about drowning
(c) Has never done an autopsy
(d) Has seen many dead bodies

2. The weather conditions on the water on the night of the murder are
(a) Extreme wind
(b) Heavy fog
(c) Clear and calm
(d) Heavy snow

3. Nels opens up the possibility that the wound on Carl's head could have come from
(a) A drunken stagger
(b) Propulsion rather than a blow
(c) A broken mast
(d) A fall before he went over

4. Etta Heine met her husband, Carl, in
(a) North Dakota
(b) Bavaria
(c) Seattle
(d) San Piedro

5. The defendant in this murder trial is
(a) Abel Martinson
(b) Art Moran
(c) Alvin Hooks
(d) Kaburo Masyimoto

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

7. Virginia Gatewood looked, to Ishmael, like
(a) An alcoholic scarecrow
(b) A ragged mackinaw
(c) Ragged blue dinosaur
(d) A disabled laborer

8. As a gesture toward his customers, Einar Petersen offered
(a) A warm woodstove
(b) Free coffee
(c) Donuts
(d) Free canned goods

9. Why does Horace Whaley suggest that Carl's head wound was from a gun butt or stick?
(a) He is hoping to find a Japanese killer
(b) He knows Carl knew how to fight with sticks
(c) He immediately wants to incriminate Kabuo
(d) He saw such wounds in the war

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

11. The Alien Land Law
(a) Prohibited people from hiring Japanese workers
(b) Prevented all Japanese from holding real jobs
(c) Prevented Japanese from owning land
(d) Prevented foreigners from squatting

12. Ishmael's illness in South Carolina allowed him to
(a) Rest before he saw combat
(b) Suffer the way he wanted to
(c) Gather strength for the war
(d) Recuperate from his emotional pain

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

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

15. 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) Working on the island since childhood
(c) Fishing and eking out a living
(d) Mistrust and suspicion

Short Answer Questions

1. Land leased by Miyamoto was to go to Kabuo when

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

3. Ole Jurgensen wants to sell his farm now because

4. Hatsue tells Ishmael they have both gotten good at

5. Perhaps Kabuo's worst lingering memory of the war was

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