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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ishmael's primary goal for this day is to
(a) Get his power back on
(b) Find a safe, warm haven
(c) Get Thursday's paper printed
(d) Keep his arm warm

2. Arthur Chambers was an organized man who
(a) Led a busy and productive life
(b) Disliked his job
(c) Never learned craftsmanship
(d) Skipped an education

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

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

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

6. Reviewing the errands he must run due to the storm, Ishmael plans to
(a) Borrow the printing press in the Seattle office
(b) Offer Hatsue and her family a ride
(c) Get a storm report from the Coast Guard station
(d) Go into Anacortes for the national news

7. the author describes Nels Gundersson as having
(a) A bold demeanor
(b) A depth of light in his good eye
(c) A terminal condition
(d) A degree of Alzheimers

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

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

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

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

12. To accommodate ships in heavy fog, the Coast Guard had installed
(a) Radar whistle blast buoys
(b) Flashing warning lights all along the beach
(c) Sounding boards along the beaches
(d) Louder and more effective foghorns

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

14. While the Sheriff reads the shorthand notes on the Coast Guard report
(a) Abel appears to know what is going on
(b) Abel comes in to say the phones are up
(c) Abel comes in to pick up Art for the trial
(d) Abel appears to have been at the docks

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Josiah Gillanders, for thirty years has been

2. Judge Fielding acknowledges that Etta Heine is

3. Gillanders speculates that Kabuo could not have

4. As they leave court, Nels Gudmundsson mentions to Ishmael

5. Fisherman leapfrogging one another's nets are said to be

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