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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

2. Evidence that will turn the case completely around is found by the Sheriff
(a) In the boat's rest room
(b) On the floor of the boat's cabin
(c) On the cleats of the boat
(d) In the wood of the port gunnel

3. Ishmael had always pretended that his visits to his mother's home
(a) Were just habit
(b) Were just a duty
(c) Were without strings
(d) Were for her benefit

4. Ishmael describes Kabuo's demeanor at trial as
(a) Inscrutable
(b) Guilty
(c) Evil
(d) Rigid

5. 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

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

7. Before he set out to fish, Kabuo put his hand on the water and
(a) Scared away a gull
(b) Measured its coldness
(c) Prayed for luck and safety
(d) Cooled his green tea

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

9. Carl Heine and Susan Marie Heine's marriage was a relationship based on
(a) Money
(b) Convenience
(c) Sex
(d) Children

10. Kabuo thinks his fate is sealed because
(a) Susan Marie was not sure about him
(b) His wife has told the truth on the stand
(c) He has been so quiet about Carl Heine
(d) He is hated for being Japanese

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

12. As they leave court, Nels Gudmundsson mentions to Ishmael
(a) They should pray for Ishmael's mother
(b) How much he liked Ishmael's father
(c) What an admirable man he was
(d) That he knew about Ishmael and Hatsue

13. Ishmael's father felt the islanders were forced
(a) To forego an education to survive
(b) Stay on the island where they were born
(c) To keep their feelings suppressed
(d) To fish or farm, one or the other

14. In Kabuo's case, the jurors can only consider first degree murder or
(a) Accidental death
(b) Pre-meditated murder
(c) Manslaughter
(d) Conviction

15. Kabuo Miyamoto wants to be a fisherman
(a) For the rest of his life
(b) Until he becomes wealthy
(c) Only until Ole sells his farm
(d) Only for one more year

Short Answer Questions

1. Just as the Sheriff appeared with a search warrant, Kabuo had

2. Sheriff Moran warns Ed Soames not to tell people

3. When Ishmael begged Hatsue to hold him

4. Nels Gudmundsson makes the point that Susan Marie has offered evidence that

5. Ishmael finds among the Coast Guard records for September 15 and 16 that

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