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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. When Ishmael complains about the Japanese,
(a) His mother tells him to calm himself
(b) His father includes his comments in the newspaper
(c) He decides he also hates Hatsue's family
(d) Hatsue reminds him she is Japanese

2. Etta Heine met her husband, Carl, in
(a) Seattle
(b) North Dakota
(c) San Piedro
(d) Bavaria

3. Kabuo feels he will be exiled from his family in order to
(a) Make them better appreciate him
(b) Feel better about the crimes he has committed
(c) Pay a debt to the dead in Italy
(d) Free them from his own depression

4. Ole and Leisel Jurgensen had two visitors on the same day--September 7. They were
(a) Susan Marie Heine and Etta Heine
(b) Etta Heine and Carl Heine, Sr.
(c) Carl Heine, Sr. and Kabuo Miyamoto
(d) Kabuo Miyamoto and Carl Heine, Jr.

5. Whaley challenges Art Moran and asks him if he wants to play
(a) Coroner
(b) In a fishing contest
(c) Kendo stick games
(d) Sherlock Holmes

Short Answer Questions

1. After the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese on San Piedro Island

2. Many Japanese workers sent money to Japan to buy

3. Prior to the battle at Tarawa, Ishmael's attitude toward the war was somewhat

4. What does Hatsue do when Ishmael proposes marriage?

5. When his arm was amputated, Ishmael's anger seems to be directed toward

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss the ironies of the war activities Ishmael was involved in when he was injured.

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

4. Why is Ishmael forced to pretend he does not have feelings for Hatsue?

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

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

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

8. What makes Hatsue and Ishmael close?

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

10. Why do the Japanese sit at the back of the courtroom in Amity Harbor?

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