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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Carl Heine suggests that his wife, Etta, has
(a) A yard sale
(b) A talk with the Miaymotos
(c) Some Christian compassion
(d) Some tea and fish

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

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

6. Prior to the battle at Tarawa, Ishmael's attitude toward the war was somewhat
(a) Indifferent
(b) Enthusiastic
(c) Cynical
(d) Fearful

7. Ole and Leisel Jurgensen had two visitors on the same day--September 7. They were
(a) Susan Marie Heine and Etta Heine
(b) Kabuo Miyamoto and Carl Heine, Jr.
(c) Carl Heine, Sr. and Kabuo Miyamoto
(d) Etta Heine and Carl Heine, Sr.

8. Why does Kabuo constantly look inward at himself?
(a) He is guilty of murder during the war
(b) He is proud to be Japanese
(c) He is very self-conscious
(d) He is angry

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

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

11. What does the red foam from Carl's mouth indicate?
(a) He had air in his lungs when he hit the water
(b) He suffocated and drowned
(c) He was dead before he hit the water
(d) He had respiratory failure

12. Ishmael Chambers is a
(a) Local reporter
(b) A judge
(c) A juror
(d) A bailiff

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The snowstorm on San Piedro

2. Why did Kabuo's father bury the swords and other belongings in the strawberry field?

3. Art Moran does not want Ishmael to let on

4. After their last meeting in the tree, Hatsue leaves feeling

5. Life at Manzanar is

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