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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The search warrant was to allow the Sheriff to search Kabuo's boat for
(a) A letter
(b) A new battery
(c) A kendo stick
(d) A murder weapon

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

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

5. Kabuo had felt he should be silent about events with Carl Heine
(a) Until Hatsue was able to tell her story
(b) Because the laws could change
(c) Until after the dust had settled
(d) Until he was able to get an attorney

6. Hatsue feels that the coffee cup found on the deck of Carl's boat indicates
(a) Something rocked the boat and knocked it down
(b) Carl was angry about something
(c) Carl was on another of his caffeine binges
(d) There was a fight in the cabin

7. Did island fishermen go aboard one another's boats out in the water?
(a) Often to help with the fish
(b) Only in an emergency
(c) Frequently for parties
(d) Only in secret

8. Nels Gudmundsson makes the point that Susan Marie has offered evidence that
(a) Is only speculation
(b) Is entirely hearsay
(c) Is useless
(d) Bears further examination

9. Helen Chambers reminds Ishmael to remember all the facts so that he can
(a) Give Kabuo a break for being a soldier
(b) Keep himself fair and balanced
(c) Allow Kabuo the dignity of a good defense
(d) Stand up to the Imadas when the time comes

10. Sitting at the Coast Guard office Ishmael's thoughts go back to
(a) His encounters with Carl Heine
(b) His childhood days with Hatsue
(c) Hid parents and their relationship
(d) Earlier encounters with Hatsue after the war

11. Dr. Whitman has done an examination of
(a) Kabuo's mental state
(b) The fishing gaff
(c) Susan marie's motives
(d) Carl Heine's hand

12. Alvin Hooks' inappropriate behavior brings to the jury's attention
(a) Kabuo's expressionless poker face
(b) Kabuo's lovely wife
(c) Kabuo's inferior ancestry
(d) Kabuo's reputation for lying

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

14. Why did Hatsue not notify the authorities about Kabuo's deal with Carl Heine, Jr.?
(a) She was afraid the deal would fall through
(b) She did not want to upset Susan Marie
(c) It would complicate the murder trial
(d) It might look like Kabuo murdered Carl

15. Ishmael feels that accidental occurrences on the island
(a) Are the focus of only a few citizens
(b) Are the norm for the islanders
(c) Gain the upper hand in the islanders' view
(d) Bring a sense of indifference to the people

Short Answer Questions

1. Judge Lew Fielding admits to the jury that hearsay, even in a criminal trial, is still

2. Kabuo Miyamoto's demeanor as he looks out at the snow makes the jurors think that

3. Ishmael's mother, Helen Chambers, is

4. Mr. Van Ness feels that Alvin Hooks' rendition of the murder is

5. Ishmael's primary goal for this day is to

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