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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Susan Marie Heine says that she knew
(a) Carl was suicidal
(b) Carl's death would happen some day
(c) Carl was careless about his boat
(d) Carl was intoxicated when he left

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

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

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

5. Twelve years later, Hatsue, ironically, sees Ishmael with
(a) His same coat on
(b) His glass box in hand
(c) One arm outstretched
(d) The strawberry fields behind him

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

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

8. Etta Heine testifies that her family and the Miyamotos were
(a) Childhood friends
(b) Distant friends
(c) Acquaintances
(d) Enemies

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

10. Although Ishmael claims to love her, Hatsue wants to be
(a) Realistic
(b) Friends
(c) Distant
(d) Coy

11. Amity Harbor is
(a) A booming metropolis
(b) San Piedro's only town
(c) The state capitol
(d) A row of docks

12. Nels Gudmundsson is
(a) The court recorder
(b) The prosecuting attorney
(c) The sitting judge
(d) Kabuo's attorney

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

14. As a young child, Hatsue was carefully trained to
(a) Walk like a model
(b) Teach literature
(c) Wield a kendo stick
(d) Avoid showing her feelings

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Virginia Gatewood looked, to Ishmael, like

3. The darkness in Carl Heine's personality, as well as in Horace Whaley's is a result of

4. In daydreams in his jail cell, Kabuo wanders around

5. Hatsue visits the hollow cedar throughout her childhood to

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