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Snow Falling on Cedars

David Guterson

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1. What is the significance of the date of the second day of Kabuo's trial?

(A) It is the first day of the strawberry harvest

(B) It is the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor

(D) It is traditionally the stormiest day of the year

2. Who is Alvin Hooks?

(A) The prosecuting attorney

(B) The sheriff

(D) The coroner

3. Why does the sheriff suspect that Carl Heine was murdered?

(A) Carl had called on the radio to report that he was being attacked

(B) Carl's body was in several pieces

(D) Carl had a strange-looking wound on his head

4. What is Ishmael's job?

(A) Fisherman

(B) Photographer

(D) Newspaper editor

5. What does Mrs. Shigemura tell Hatsue?

(A) That she should return to Japan

(B) That the hakujin deserved to be bombed by the Japane

(D) That she should marry Kabuo Miyamoto

6. What does Kabuo do immediately after marrying Hatsue?

(A) He kills four Germans

(B) He volunteers for the U. S. Army

(D) He confronts Ishmael about Ishmael's love for Hatsue

7. Why does Hatsue run away from Ishmael when he kisses her at age fourteen?

(A) She is afraid their relationship will cause a scandal

(B) She does not love Ishmael

(D) She is late for her job picking strawberries on the Nitta family farm

8. To which of the following do Carl Heine Sr. and Zenhichi Miyamoto agree?

(A) Carl senior will sell seven acres of land to Zenhichi

(B) Zenhichi will farm Carl senior's land in return for teaching kendo to Carl junior

(D) Carl senior will hold onto Zenhichi's money while the Miyamotos are interned at Manzanar

9. Why is Zenhichi unable to buy the land from Carl senior outright?

(A) Carl does not want to sell to a “Jap”

(B) Etta will not let Carl sell the land

(D) The law prevents noncitizens from owning land

10. Why does Etta Heine sell the seven acres of farmland to Ole Jurgensen instead of to the Miyamotos?

(A) She can make more money that way

(B) She dislikes Japanese people

(D) Neither of the above

11. What happens to Kabuo when he is eight years old?

(A) He kisses Hatsue

(B) His father teaches him how to farm strawberries

(D) He gets into a fight with Carl Heine

12. What does Arthur Chambers print in the San Piedro Review after the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

(A) A notice that San Piedro's residents of Japanese descent have pledged their loyalty to the United States

(B) A prediction that San Piedro will fall victim to a second attack by the Japanese

(D) All of the above

13. Why do the FBI agents arrest Hisao Imada?

(A) He refuses to let them search his property without a warrant

(B) They find dynamite and a shotgun on his property

(D) None of the above

14. What does Fujiko Imada predict?

(A) That Hatsue will marry Kabuo

(B) That Hatsue will suffer for having deceived her mother

(D) That the Japanese will suffer more hardship at the hands of white people

15. What do Hatsue and Ishmael do together in their last meeting at the cedar tree?

(A) They kiss

(B) They start to have sex

(D) All of the above

16. What does Fujiko do when she discovers Ishmael's love letter to Hatsue?

(A) She sends Ishmael a letter telling him never to contact Hatsue again

(B) She confronts Hatsue and makes her promise to end the relationship

(D) She tries to convince Hatsue that Kabuo would be a better husband than Ishmael

17. Why does Art Moran decide to arrest Kabuo?

(A) He discovers a fishing gaff in Kabuo's boat with blood on the handle

(B) He is suspicious that Kabuo has something to hide

(D) He overhears news that Etta Heine felt threatened by Kabuo

18. Which of the following does Susan Marie Heine believe regarding her relationship to Carl?

(A) That they will have nothing to talk about if Carl stops fishing and becomes a farmer

(B) That Carl will cheat on her

(D) That their relationship will fall apart when their sexual desire for each other fades

19. What happens during Susan Marie's testimony?

(A) The power in the courtroom goes out

(B) She starts crying and is unable to continue testifying

(D) Judge Fielding explains to the jury that Washington law forbade the Japanese from owning land

20. What does Hatsue urge Ishmael to do when he drives her home?

(A) Get over their love affair

(B) Investigate for clues that might prove that Kabuo is innocent

(D) Put snow tires on his car

21. What does Ishmael discover when he takes a trip to the lighthouse?

(A) Records indicating that a large freighter passed through the waters where Carl was fishing at the time he died

(B) Records indicating that no one was manning the lighthouse on the night of Carl's death

(D) That there is a coast guard radioman who could exonerate Kabuo but who is not willing to testify at the trial

22. What does Ishmael decide while rereading the rejection letter Hatsue sends him?

(A) That he never really loved Hatsue anyway

(B) That he must get revenge for Hatsue's rejection at any cost

(D) That he will write an article in the paper defending Kabuo

23. Who is Josiah Gillanders?

(A) A blood specialist from Anacortes

(B) President of the San Piedro Gill-Netters Association

(D) A local farmer

24. What does Carl do when Kabuo lends him a battery?

(A) He admits that he might not have done the same for Kabuo

(B) He calls Kabuo a “Jap”

(D) All of the above

25. Why does the jury not immediately find Kabuo guilty?

(A) The jurors are completely unable to agree with one another

(B) The jurors are swayed by Ishmael's editorial about the trial

(D) Judge Fielding tells the jurors to wait while he gathers some new evidence

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