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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. Alvin Hooks suggests that what really happened out at sea that night was that
(a) Kabuo tried to rob Carl Heine
(b) Kabuo forcefully boarded Carl's boat
(c) Kabuo trapped Carl in his net
(d) Kabuo lured Carl Heine to his boat

2. Reviewing the errands he must run due to the storm, Ishmael plans to
(a) Get a storm report from the Coast Guard station
(b) Offer Hatsue and her family a ride
(c) Borrow the printing press in the Seattle office
(d) Go into Anacortes for the national news

3. Nels Gundersson at 79, feels as though he
(a) Is still a young man
(b) Is a wise and strong old man
(c) Could still have a good sex life
(d) Has been betrayed by his body

4. Ishmael does not feel his mother can understand his
(a) Remorse for his actions
(b) Prejudice against Japanese
(c) Rage for Hatsue
(d) Emotional coldness

5. Kabuo is arrested due to the
(a) Lack of resistance he has shown
(b) Discovery of a gaff with a bloody handle
(c) Attitude he has taken toward the Sheriff
(d) Lie about the new mooring line

Short Answer Questions

1. Reading, for Nels, causes a flareup of his

2. On the third day of the trial, Nels Gudmundsson has

3. The persistent wind from this current storm makes the islanders

4. Helen Chambers suggests that Ishmael

5. Mr. Van Ness feels that Alvin Hooks' rendition of the murder is

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Ishmael's experience as he views the devastation from the storm, the sunken docks and ravaged town. What does it mean?

4. Why does Ishmael make a racial slur when Hatsue expresses sympathy for the loss of his arm?

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

6. Why does Guterman get so graphic about the sex lives of Carl and Susan Marie Heine?

7. What is it that keeps Alexander Van Ness from agreeing to convict Kabuo Miyamoto?

8. 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.

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

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

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