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

2. Fisherman leapfrogging one another's nets are said to be
(a) Stealing your thunder
(b) Bad fishermen
(c) Fishing you out
(d) Corking your off

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

4. Ishmael's mother, Helen Chambers, is
(a) A decrepit and sickly woman
(b) A reclusive bookworm
(c) A religious fanatic
(d) A capable and vital woman

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kabuo visited Carl Heine to discuss buying back his family's property

2. Ishmael remembers that his father did not

3. Before he set out to fish, Kabuo put his hand on the water and

4. Judge Fielding acknowledges that Etta Heine is

5. When Hooks excuses Hatsue, she is prevented from

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Does Sergeant Maples have any personal motives for seeming to incriminate Kabuo in his testimony?

6. The idea of inclement weather has been woven throughout the story, including the heavy snowfall that has caused problems during the trial of Kabuo Miyamoto. What inspires Ishmael's decision to check with the coast guard about weather conditions at the time of Carl Heine's demise?

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

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

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

10. 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.

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