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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Ishmael learns that the seamen who were on duty the night of Carl's death
(a) Were fired by the coast guard
(b) Have been transferred
(c) Are now working in Canada
(d) Were lost in the storm

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

4. After the war Hatsue learned to live with
(a) Kabuo not wanting children
(b) Her husband's poor wages
(c) Kabuo's impotence
(d) Her husband's sorrow and guilt

5. At the trial, Susan Marie's demeanor inspires
(a) Suspicion in the courtroom
(b) Sympathy in the courtroom
(c) Anger in the courtroom
(d) Doubt in the jury

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

7. Ishmael finds among the Coast Guard records for September 15 and 16 that
(a) A large ship went off course toward anacortes
(b) The Corona hit Carl's fishing boat
(c) The Corona heard Carl's fog warning
(d) A large ship cut through Carl Heine's fishing area

8. Judge Lew Fielding admits to the jury that hearsay, even in a criminal trial, is still
(a) A shady area
(b) Intolerable
(c) A crime
(d) Inadmissable

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

10. The persistent wind from this current storm makes the islanders
(a) Withdrawn and distant
(b) Irritable and impatient
(c) Paranoid and skittish
(d) Cold and hungry

11. Ishmael goes to the Coast Guard station intending to look at
(a) Storm related accident reports
(b) Fog related shipping accidents
(c) Old storm records and reports
(d) Shipping accident reports

12. Why didn't Kabuo remember getting an extra battery before he went fishing on the morning of his arrest?
(a) It was three months ago
(b) It did not seem relevant
(c) It was a detail he wanted to forget
(d) It didn't fit with his story

13. Kabuo visited Carl Heine to discuss buying back his family's property
(a) Before Carl bought the property from Ole
(b) The day the sign went up on the property
(c) The day after Carl gave Ole Jurgensen earnest money
(d) Five days after Carl bought the property

14. Carl and Susan Marie live in a
(a) Beautiful house
(b) Ramshackle cabin
(c) Convenience apartment
(d) Fishing cabin

15. Josiah Gillanders, for thirty years has been
(a) A retired fisherman
(b) An experienced clammer
(c) An island gill-netter
(d) The town drunk

Short Answer Questions

1. To accommodate ships in heavy fog, the Coast Guard had installed

2. When recess is called, Judge Fielding asks

3. Ishmael does not feel his mother can understand his

4. Nels Gudmundsson includes in his closing argument an insight into

5. The best argument against the prosecution is that

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