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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. Gillanders speculates that Kabuo could not have
(a) Forced Carl to head back to shore
(b) Made a forced boarding
(c) Pulled up his own nets
(d) Forced Carl to board his boat

2. In Kabuo's case, the jurors can only consider first degree murder or
(a) Conviction
(b) Manslaughter
(c) Pre-meditated murder
(d) Accidental death

3. Why didn't Kabuo remember getting an extra battery before he went fishing on the morning of his arrest?
(a) It was three months ago
(b) It did not seem relevant
(c) It didn't fit with his story
(d) It was a detail he wanted to forget

4. What is now discovered about Carl's boat that the Sheriff missed earlier?
(a) Cut lashings and blood on the mast and spar pole
(b) Blood on the coffee cup and floor
(c) Another gaff with no blood
(d) An empty knife sheath

5. 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 keep their feelings suppressed
(d) To forego an education to survive

Short Answer Questions

1. Susan Marie understands that Carl Heine needed

2. Why did Hatsue not notify the authorities about Kabuo's deal with Carl Heine, Jr.?

3. Did island fishermen go aboard one another's boats out in the water?

4. Ishmael had always pretended that his visits to his mother's home

5. When Kabuo asks to buy back his land, Carl Heine tells him

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Kabuo and Hatsue not inform the Sheriff of what they said really happened on the night of Carl Heine's death?

2. What is the irony behind the power failure in the middle of this trial?

3. What effect does the power outage have on the ambiance in the courtroom?

4. Things are looking grim for Kabuo Miyamoto. Why does the fishing gaff appear to be the perfect weapon for Kabuo to have used to murder Carl Heine, Jr.

5. What is Alvin Hooks' motivation in trying to convict Kabuo? How would winning the case benefit Nels Gudmundsson?

6. What new information does Hatsue provide that sheds a new light on the incident involving Carl Heine?

7. Why does Moran suspect the blow to Carl Heine's head was from a kendo stick?

8. Explain how Carl's blood ended up on the handle of Kabuo's fishing gaff.

9. Learning that Carl has kept Kabuo's fishing rod all these years suggests that Kabuo might be telling the truth? Explain this.

10. Nels Gudmundsson makes a fascinating statement about Hooks' tactics with regard to racism. Discuss this.

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