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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. Judge Lew Fielding admits to the jury that hearsay, even in a criminal trial, is still
2. Ishmael feels that accidental occurrences on the island
3. Evidence that will turn the case completely around is found by the Sheriff
4. Dr. Whitman has done an examination of
5. After the jury is excused, Ishmael contemplates his
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.
2. What is the irony behind the power failure in the middle of this trial?
3. Describe what Ishmael discovered in the Coast Guard radioman's notes.
4. Why does Ishmael make a racial slur when Hatsue expresses sympathy for the loss of his arm?
5. Learning that Carl has kept Kabuo's fishing rod all these years suggests that Kabuo might be telling the truth? Explain this.
6. How does the author foreshadow a turn of events in the trial?
7. Why does Moran suspect the blow to Carl Heine's head was from a kendo stick?
8. What is peculiar about islanders and their relationships?
9. What is it that keeps Alexander Van Ness from agreeing to convict Kabuo Miyamoto?
10. Describe Ishmael's experience as he views the devastation from the storm, the sunken docks and ravaged town. What does it mean?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What did you learn about the legal system from this book, if anything? Guterson portrays the trial as fairly routine, with opening statements, examination and cross examination of witnesses, closing arguments, jury instructions and verdict. Look up the term "legal discovery" on the web, and determine how things have changed in our legal system since 1942. Is our system more efficient now? If so, in what ways? If not, in what ways? Are we more sophisticated in our legal process than before?
Essay Topic 2
Take a position and write an essay on the following: Is the U.S. government paying proper and sufficient attention to the psychological effects on soldiers returning from war? Support your answers with research and facts.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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