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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sheriff Moran testifies that he
(a) Saw Etta Heine at the scene
(b) Spoke with Etta Heine
(c) Was told that Etta was dangerous
(d) Tried to talk with Etta Heine

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

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

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

5. 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

6. Ishmael's job as a marine was that of
(a) A cargo handler
(b) A lieutenant
(c) A radioman
(d) A medic

7. Many Japanese workers sent money to Japan to buy
(a) Gold
(b) Passage home
(c) Wives
(d) Sake

8. Nels Gundersson gets Horace Whaley to admit that
(a) Carl's head wound caused his death
(b) Carl Heine died from drowning
(c) Carl was dead before he went into the ocean
(d) A rounded object hit Carl's hand

9. The adolescent Ishmael accepted the inevitability of
(a) Loving Hatsue forever
(b) Being separated from Hatsue
(c) Losing Hatsue to her culture
(d) Having a physical relationship with Hatsue

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

11. Sumiko intervenes in Hatsue's life by
(a) Introducing her to Kabuo
(b) Tormenting Hatsue at Manzanar
(c) Intercepting a letter from Ishmael
(d) Telling their mother about Kabuo's intentions

12. On the first afternoon of the trial, the Japanese driver of the disabled school bus
(a) Broke up a snowball fight
(b) Helped a boy with a broken ankle
(c) Walked the students to their homes
(d) Helped with a chimney fire

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

14. Among other ailments, attorney Nels Gundersson
(a) Is missing one arm
(b) Is blind in one eye
(c) Is partially crippled
(d) Is partially deaf

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whaley challenges Art Moran and asks him if he wants to play

3. The snowstorm on San Piedro

4. Ishmael tells Hatsue her hair smells like

5. Twelve years later, Hatsue, ironically, sees Ishmael with

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