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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ishmael allows himself to remember
(a) His baseball cards
(b) His father's character and values
(c) Other winter storms
(d) His childhood angst

2. Kabuo and Carl make a deal for the seven acres, and seal it with
(a) A salute
(b) Gripping hands together
(c) Friendly smiles
(d) A promise to return the fishing rod

3. Ishmael's mother, Helen Chambers, is
(a) A reclusive bookworm
(b) A capable and vital woman
(c) A decrepit and sickly woman
(d) A religious fanatic

4. Alvin Hooks suggests that what really happened out at sea that night was that
(a) Kabuo forcefully boarded Carl's boat
(b) Kabuo trapped Carl in his net
(c) Kabuo tried to rob Carl Heine
(d) Kabuo lured Carl Heine to his boat

5. Ishmael's speech to his mother about Kabuo includes a great deal of
(a) Bias and anger toward Kabuo Miyamoto
(b) Factual history about the Japanese culture
(c) Resentment toward Hatsue and her mother
(d) U.S. propaganda about the Japanese

6. As a husband, Carl Heine, Jr. was
(a) Gentle and dependable
(b) Indifferent
(c) Cold and distant
(d) Somewhat abusive

7. Ishmael does not feel his mother can understand his
(a) Rage for Hatsue
(b) Emotional coldness
(c) Prejudice against Japanese
(d) Remorse for his actions

8. When Ishmael begged Hatsue to hold him
(a) She tells him again she does not love him
(b) She refuses to do so
(c) She holds him for just a few minutes
(d) She looks at him with disgust and pity

9. How did Carl Heine, Jr. die?
(a) The wake from a large ship capsized his boat
(b) The wake from a large shipped threw him overboard
(c) The wake from a large ship knocked him off his mast
(d) The wake from a large ship drowned him

10. In court, Judge Fielding appears to be
(a) Stressed
(b) Slovenly
(c) Ill with a headache
(d) Disinterested

11. Helen Chambers suggests that Ishmael
(a) Move back in with her
(b) Move away and find a job
(c) Write a strong editorial about prejudice
(d) Not involve himself in the trial

12. What is now discovered about Carl's boat that the Sheriff missed earlier?
(a) An empty knife sheath
(b) Cut lashings and blood on the mast and spar pole
(c) Another gaff with no blood
(d) Blood on the coffee cup and floor

13. Hatsue hoped that having children would help Kabuo
(a) Become a better husband and son
(b) Become more focused on something besides himself
(c) Become less obsessed with his dream of farming
(d) Become more open and giving

14. Alvin Hooks' witness, Dr. Sterling Whitman, is a
(a) Phlebotomist
(b) Hematologist
(c) Radiologist
(d) Coroner

15. Hatsue guesses that Ishmael knew earlier about the freighter
(a) And did not want Hatsue to know about it
(b) But needed time to decide what to do
(c) And was planning to hold onto it until Kabuo was convicted
(d) And hoped to keep the information secret

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hooks excuses Hatsue, she is prevented from

2. With fog as thick as it was on the night that Carl Heine died, it was easy to

3. Hatsue testifies that after Kabuo's initial meeting with Carl Heine, Jr., Kabuo was

4. Ishmael goes to the Coast Guard station intending to look at

5. Nels Gundersson at 79, feels as though he

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