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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. Many Japanese workers sent money to Japan to buy
(a) Passage home
(b) Gold
(c) Wives
(d) Sake

2. Virginia Gatewood looked, to Ishmael, like
(a) An alcoholic scarecrow
(b) Ragged blue dinosaur
(c) A disabled laborer
(d) A ragged mackinaw

3. As a young child, Hatsue was carefully trained to
(a) Walk like a model
(b) Avoid showing her feelings
(c) Wield a kendo stick
(d) Teach literature

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

5. The islanders know that the outcome of this storm
(a) Would be devastating
(b) Was beyond their control
(c) Would be destructive
(d) Would be easy to deal with

Short Answer Questions

1. The people of Amity Harbor are frightened about the possibility of

2. Ishmael's job as a marine was that of

3. Hatsue's mother is upset and decides to

4. Fujiko is furious that Hatsue was seeing a white boy, but also because

5. Whaley challenges Art Moran and asks him if he wants to play

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When the aging Ole finally sold his farm, to whom did he sell it?

3. In most of the anecdotes of snow-related catastrophes on the island, Guterson uses the opportunity to remind us of the folksy nature of this small-town community. Identify some of those instances.

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

5. How does Kabuo enter into Hatsue's life?

6. This chapter is full of symbolism. What is the most sensual event that Guterson describes between Hatsue and Ishmael?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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