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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Twelve years later, Hatsue, ironically, sees Ishmael with
(a) His glass box in hand
(b) His same coat on
(c) One arm outstretched
(d) The strawberry fields behind him

2. Land leased by Miyamoto was to go to Kabuo when
(a) Etta said it was time
(b) Kabuo reached the age of twenty
(c) The war started
(d) Half the payments were made

3. The darkness in Carl Heine's personality, as well as in Horace Whaley's is a result of
(a) Mistrust and suspicion
(b) Fishing and eking out a living
(c) Fighting in World War II
(d) Working on the island since childhood

4. Etta does not want Carl to sell any acreage to Zenhichi Miyamoto because
(a) He might let the land fail
(b) He lives carelessly
(c) He is not trustworthy
(d) He is Japanese and she is racist

5. Prior to the battle at Tarawa, Ishmael's attitude toward the war was somewhat
(a) Cynical
(b) Fearful
(c) Enthusiastic
(d) Indifferent

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the red foam from Carl's mouth indicate?

2. The knife sheath found on Carl Heine's body

3. On the first afternoon of the trial, the Japanese driver of the disabled school bus

4. As a gesture toward his customers, Einar Petersen offered

5. Upon seeing Carl Heine's corpse, Abel Martinson

Short Essay Questions

1. Why would Horace Whaley even consider that someone of Japanese descent had hit Carl Heine in the head?

2. Why were Japanese citizens being arrested in the US?

3. Does the idea of a Japanese Strawberry Princess strike you as odd? Why were the princesses never Swedish or Norwegian or other nationalities?

4. We learn that Carl Heine is a precise, organized and capable man. Can you think of a reason that the author is giving us such a detailed description of a deceased person?

5. Why was Ole Jurgensen unwilling to hand over the Miyamoto's seven acres to Kabuo?

6. What is the agreement made between Zenhichi Miyamoto and Carl Heine, Sr.?

7. What interrupts the Miyamotos' purchase of seven acres of the Heines' property

8. Why does Kabuo's attorney, Nels, challenge him to a game of chess before they discuss the case?

9. Explain the hysteria on San Piedro Island when the news of the Pearl Harbor attack is announced.

10. Why does Kabuo's demeanor seem cold and hard?

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