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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. Did island fishermen go aboard one another's boats out in the water?
(a) Frequently for parties
(b) Often to help with the fish
(c) Only in secret
(d) Only in an emergency

2. Sitting at the Coast Guard office Ishmael's thoughts go back to
(a) His encounters with Carl Heine
(b) His childhood days with Hatsue
(c) Hid parents and their relationship
(d) Earlier encounters with Hatsue after the war

3. To accommodate ships in heavy fog, the Coast Guard had installed
(a) Flashing warning lights all along the beach
(b) Radar whistle blast buoys
(c) Louder and more effective foghorns
(d) Sounding boards along the beaches

4. The search warrant was to allow the Sheriff to search Kabuo's boat for
(a) A new battery
(b) A kendo stick
(c) A letter
(d) A murder weapon

5. Ishmael learns that the seamen who were on duty the night of Carl's death
(a) Have been transferred
(b) Are now working in Canada
(c) Were lost in the storm
(d) Were fired by the coast guard

Short Answer Questions

1. Ole Jurgensen told Art that Kabuo had left his home

2. When recess is called, Judge Fielding asks

3. Ishmael goes to the Coast Guard station intending to look at

4. Kabuo Miyamoto had not told the truth about helping Carl Heine to anyone but

5. Kabuo and Carl make a deal for the seven acres, and seal it with

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the glimmer of hope that comes from Susan Marie's testimony?

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

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

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

5. What is peculiar about islanders and their relationships?

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

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

8. Although things are looking a little better for Kabuo, his story is once again compromised by a question from Alvin Hooks. Explain how he damages his testimony in this chapter.

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

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

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