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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. Hatsue feels that the coffee cup found on the deck of Carl's boat indicates
(a) Carl was on another of his caffeine binges
(b) Carl was angry about something
(c) Something rocked the boat and knocked it down
(d) There was a fight in the cabin

2. Nels Gundersson gets Dr. Whitman to admit that the blood on the gaff is likely from
(a) Kabuo Miyamoto's hand
(b) The wound to Carl Heine's hand
(c) The salmon Carl caught
(d) The head of Carl Heine

3. Carl Heine and Susan Marie Heine's marriage was a relationship based on
(a) Children
(b) Sex
(c) Convenience
(d) Money

4. Ishmael goes to the Coast Guard station intending to look at
(a) Storm related accident reports
(b) Fog related shipping accidents
(c) Shipping accident reports
(d) Old storm records and reports

5. Kabuo Miyamoto's demeanor as he looks out at the snow makes the jurors think that
(a) He is very different from them
(b) He is a cold and dangerous man
(c) He is harboring rage
(d) He is afraid

Short Answer Questions

1. Nels Gudmundsson makes the point that Susan Marie has offered evidence that

2. Evidence that will turn the case completely around is found by the Sheriff

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

4. Giving the Imadas a ride home in the snow, Ishmael learns that

5. Kabuo had felt he should be silent about events with Carl Heine

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do you think Ishmael does not tell his mother about the records he found at the Coast Guard office?

4. What does Guterson mean when he says that, "...the prosecutor, knew well the value of a Susan Marie Heine."

5. How does the author foreshadow a turn of events in the trial?

6. 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.

7. What is the reason for Art Moran's visit to Judge Lew Fielding in this chapter?

8. What scenario has prosecutor, Alvin Hooks, cooked up to try to bolster his case against Kabuo?

9. Why does Ishmael not take his information from the coast guard directly to Judge Fielding as he figures he father would have done?

10. Describe what Ishmael discovered in the Coast Guard radioman's notes.

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