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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. Sheriff Moran testifies that he
(a) Saw Etta Heine at the scene
(b) Tried to talk with Etta Heine
(c) Spoke with Etta Heine
(d) Was told that Etta was dangerous

2. Over a period of four years, Ishmael and Hatsue met and spent time
(a) At the beach
(b) Out in the strawberry fields
(c) In a hollow cedar tree
(d) After school in a field

3. In daydreams in his jail cell, Kabuo wanders around
(a) Italy
(b) Seattle
(c) Piedo Island and the sea
(d) Manzanar

4. Perhaps Kabuo's worst lingering memory of the war was
(a) His best friend's death
(b) The German atrocities
(c) Storming the beach
(d) Shooting a child

5. Ole Jurgensen bought the old Miyamoto house as a place for his
(a) Wife when she was intolerable
(b) Neighbors who were homeless
(c) Manager and pickers
(d) Children and their children

Short Answer Questions

1. Ole Jurgensen wants to sell his farm now because

2. The snowstorm on San Piedro

3. Nels Gundersson gets Horace Whaley to admit that

4. The abusive sergeant from J Company who lectured the men at the seawall

5. Etta Heine testifies that her family and the Miyamotos were

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Although serious, this trial still has the feel of a small town affair. What are some reasons for that?

3. What has caused Ishmael Chambers to be so cynical?

4. Why would reporters from out of town be attending Miyamoto's trial?

5. Describe the situation between Hatsue and Ishmael after the Pearl Harbor attack.

6. What makes Hatsue and Ishmael close?

7. Why does Hatsue's mother tear up the letter she has written to Ishmael's parents?

8. Ishmael's experience at war is as horrendous as it gets. What is his attitude toward Hatsue by now, and why?

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

10. What stops Ishmael and Hatsue from having sexual relations in the hollow tree?

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