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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The search warrant was to allow the Sheriff to search Kabuo's boat for

2. Ishmael remembers that his father did not

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

4. Judge Lew Fielding admits to the jury that hearsay, even in a criminal trial, is still

5. Ishmael describes Kabuo's demeanor at trial as

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. Explain how Carl's blood ended up on the handle of Kabuo's fishing gaff.

9. Hooks makes a significant misjudgment in his closing argument as he paints a scenario of Kabuo luring Carl Heine in by faking an emergency. Discuss his mistakes.

10. Why does the author refer more than once to the smell of snow?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Carl Heine's accident is one that the Coast Guard missed entirely. Research historical Coast Guard rescues, and summarize their stories. What is the biggest challenge for the Coast Guard, and how have they dealt with obstacles that confront them? Wrap up your essay with a critical review of the coast guard, and determine whether they are an important branch of the military or whether they are just a lookout crew.

Essay Topic 2

Where in our country is the largest concentration of strawberry farming? Research and write an essay on strawberry farming in America. What is the perfect climate and soil for strawberry farming? Is the farming still primarily done by workers of a different nationality? What is the percentage of strawberries that are imported into our country compared with what we grow domestically?

Essay Topic 3

Check out the state of the salmon fishing industry and whether it is thriving or diminishing in the Pacific Northwest. Provide your reader with information regarding the ecological conditions that are required for salmon to thrive, and whether these have changed or improved over the past several decades. In addition, determine salmon's nutritional value, its importance in the human diet and in the diets of its predators.

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