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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. Nels Gudmundsson includes in his closing argument an insight into
(a) How fog makes everything distorted
(b) How old age makes one mellower
(c) How different things are when death is near
(d) How injustice is passed through generations

2. Ishmael allows himself to remember
(a) Other winter storms
(b) His father's character and values
(c) His baseball cards
(d) His childhood angst

3. After the war Hatsue learned to live with
(a) Kabuo not wanting children
(b) Her husband's sorrow and guilt
(c) Kabuo's impotence
(d) Her husband's poor wages

4. Regarding his meeting with Kabuo, Susan Marie testifies that her husband
(a) Did not say no to Kabuo about the property
(b) Needed to ask his mother about it
(c) Made a hasty decision
(d) Wanted to hold on to what he had

5. Judge Lew Fielding admits to the jury that hearsay, even in a criminal trial, is still
(a) A crime
(b) Inadmissable
(c) A shady area
(d) Intolerable

Short Answer Questions

1. The best argument against the prosecution is that

2. His arm, as well as Hatsue, have been taken from Ishmael because

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

4. Ishmael describes Kabuo's demeanor at trial as

5. Josiah Gillanders, for thirty years has been

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What, ultimately, could have been Carl Heine's greatest failing, according to Ishmael?

9. What finally inspires Ishmael to take the Coast Guard report to Hatsue?

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

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