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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The islanders know that the outcome of this storm
(a) Would be devastating
(b) Was beyond their control
(c) Would be destructive
(d) Would be easy to deal with

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

3. Ole Jurgensen bought the old Miyamoto house as a place for his
(a) Manager and pickers
(b) Wife when she was intolerable
(c) Neighbors who were homeless
(d) Children and their children

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

5. Enlisting in the army, for Kabuo, was a matter of
(a) Money and opportunity
(b) Traveling to his homeland
(c) Honor and duty
(d) Getting an education

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

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

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

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

10. Why did Kabuo's father bury the swords and other belongings in the strawberry field?
(a) He knew they would be taken from him because of the war
(b) He thought he could preserve his personal history
(c) He wanted to claim the land for his own
(d) He wanted to bury everything from his past

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

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

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

14. Life at Manzanar is
(a) Like a spiritual gathering
(b) A challenge, but pleasant
(c) Difficult and dirty
(d) Good for children

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon seeing Carl Heine's corpse, Abel Martinson

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

3. Kabuo feels he will be exiled from his family in order to

4. Fujiko is furious that Hatsue was seeing a white boy, but also because

5. When Carl Heine's boat was found,

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