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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Hatsue testifies that the morning of Carl Heine's death, Kabuo came home
(a) Excited about getting his land back
(b) Happy he had been able to help Carl
(c) Worried that Carl had not come home yet
(d) Anxious to get his money from the bank

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

4. Nels Gudmundsson includes in his closing argument an insight into
(a) How injustice is passed through generations
(b) How fog makes everything distorted
(c) How old age makes one mellower
(d) How different things are when death is near

5. Outside, as the snowfall diminishes, Ishmael notices
(a) The blind chaos in the world
(b) The debris and mess from the wind
(c) How bright the sun has become
(d) Things remain the same

6. By pointing out his change of story, Alvin Hooks wants the jury to
(a) Remember that Japs lie
(b) Dislike the defendant
(c) Doubt Kabuo's credibility
(d) Consider Carl's wife

7. On the third day of the trial, Nels Gudmundsson has
(a) A case of the flu
(b) Not had a good night
(c) A respiratory problem
(d) A terrible headache

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

9. When Kabuo asks to buy back his land, Carl Heine tells him
(a) His mother hates Japs
(b) He will need to think about it
(c) Absolutely not
(d) His wife will not allow it

10. With fog as thick as it was on the night that Carl Heine died, it was easy to
(a) Become lost for days
(b) Scoop up lots of salmon
(c) Become totally disoriented
(d) Bump into other boats

11. Regarding his meeting with Kabuo, Susan Marie testifies that her husband
(a) Wanted to hold on to what he had
(b) Made a hasty decision
(c) Did not say no to Kabuo about the property
(d) Needed to ask his mother about it

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

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

14. Gillanders speculates that Kabuo could not have
(a) Pulled up his own nets
(b) Forced Carl to head back to shore
(c) Forced Carl to board his boat
(d) Made a forced boarding

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sitting at the Coast Guard office Ishmael's thoughts go back to

2. When Ishmael begged Hatsue to hold him

3. Dr. Whitman has done an examination of

4. Arthur Chambers was an organized man who

5. The jurors cannot convict the defendant if there remains in their minds

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