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Snow Falling on Cedars Quiz 1

  • 1. What is the charge against Kabuo Miyamoto?
    •     First degree murder
    •     Grand larceny
    •     Second degree murder
    •     Third degree murder

  • 2. How is Ishmael different from the other reporters in the courtroom?
    •     He is a local
    •     He is excited about the trial
    •     He takes off his jacket
    •     He drinks excessively

  • 3. What about the body of Carl Heines provokes suspicion?
    •     The weight of the body
    •     The eyes
    •     The wound on the left side of his head
    •     The fact that he was caught in his own net

  • 4. After whom does Carl Heine name his boat the Susan Marie?
    •     His mother
    •     A childhood lover
    •     His wife
    •     His eldest daughter

  • 5. Who founded the San Piedro Review?
    •     Alvin Hook
    •     Ishmael Chambers
    •     Arthur Chambers
    •     Carl Heine

  • 6. Why does Horace Whaley suspect that a Japanese man injured Carl Heine?
    •     The injury on his head is similar to that made by a kendo maneuver
    •     Carl Heine's wife is Japanese
    •     The sea was full of Japanese fishermen at the time
    •     He knows that the Japanese community dislikes him

  • 7. What does the presence of foam in Carl Heine's mouth indicate?
    •     He had been breathing when he hit the water
    •     He had been drinking too much alcohol the night of his death
    •     He had been struck in the head
    •     His blood type was rare

  • 8. What does Horace Whaley discover on Carl Heine's hand?
    •     A hangnail
    •     A large cut
    •     A wedding ring
    •     A leech

  • 9. What does Susan Marie do when she learns of Carl Heine's death?
    •     She screams at her three sons
    •     She sells the house
    •     She brews tea
    •     She sits on the bottom stair in her house

  • 10. Why do the Japanese sit in the back of the courtroom?
    •     Because it is warmer in the back
    •     Because it is illegal for them to sit in the front
    •     Because they are weeping
    •     Because it is socially compelled

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