Snow Falling on Cedars Quizzes

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 excited about the trial

He is a local

He takes off his jacket

He drinks excessively
3 What about the body of Carl Heines provokes suspicion?
The weight of the body

The wound on the left side of his head

The fact that he was caught in his own net

The eyes
4 After whom does Carl Heine name his boat the Susan Marie?
His eldest daughter

His wife

His mother

A childhood lover
5 Who founded the San Piedro Review?
Carl Heine

Arthur Chambers

Alvin Hook

Ishmael Chambers
6 Why does Horace Whaley suspect that a Japanese man injured Carl Heine?
He knows that the Japanese community dislikes him

The injury on his head is similar to that made by a kendo maneuver

The sea was full of Japanese fishermen at the time

Carl Heine's wife is Japanese
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

His blood type was rare

He had been struck in the head
8 What does Horace Whaley discover on Carl Heine's hand?
A leech

A wedding ring

A hangnail

A large cut
9 What does Susan Marie do when she learns of Carl Heine's death?
She screams at her three sons

She brews tea

She sits on the bottom stair in her house

She sells the house
10 Why do the Japanese sit in the back of the courtroom?
Because they are weeping

Because it is socially compelled

Because it is illegal for them to sit in the front

Because it is warmer in the back
11 Who is crowned Strawberry Princess during the annual Strawberry Festival?
The winner by election

Alternately a Japanese and an American maiden each year.

A German-American maiden

A Japanese-American maiden
12 What does Ishmael teach Hatsue to do when she is ten?
To pick strawberries

To ride a bicycle

To climb trees

To swim
13 What do both Hatsue and Kabuo dream of having one day?
A strawberry farm

A fishing boat

A newspaper

A voyage to Japan
14 Why do Kabuo and Hatsue play the radio on their wedding night?
So no one will hear them

So that they can sing their favorite songs together

So that they can fall asleep

So they can dance
15 Where do Ishmael and Hatsue meet secretly during their youth?
Inside a cedar tree

On the beach

In the strawberry fields

Behind Ishmael's house
16 Why does Zenhichi Miyamoto want to lease seven acres of land from Carl Heine Senior?
So that he may later sell it to Hatsue's father

So that he can experiment with growing squash

So that he can expand his already vast holdings

So that his eldest son Kabuo can take title to the land
17 What does Etta Heine do with the farmland upon her husband's death?
Continue to farm it

Sell it to Zenhichi Miyamoto

Sell it to Ole Jurgensen

Lease it out until her son's return from the war
18 Why could the Japanese not purchase land on San Piedro Island?
The Japanese already owned too large of a percentage of the island

The banks would not hold their money

It was against the law for an alien to own title to land

They did not desire to own the land
19 What does Kabuo give Carl Heine as a gift in their youth?
A letter

A bamboo fishing rod

Sheet music

A samurai sword
20 How does Etta Heine characterize the relationship between her son Carl and Kabuo?
As enemies

As best friends

As childhood playmates

As fishing partners
21 Why does Etta complain about Kabuo to her son?
She says that Kabuo has been stealing money from her room

She says that Kabuo is throwing her dirty looks

She says that Kabuo has been sending harrassing letters

She says that Kabuo has gathered the entire Japanese community against her
22 How many acres total does Ole Jergensen own in the Center Valley after purchasing from Etta?
65 acres

100 acres

7 acres

10 acres
23 Where does Etta move to?
The room that Ishmael later rents

Seattle

A smaller house

A room in Amity Harbor
24 What is a key issue around which Carl Heine Senior and his wife Etta disagree?
How to raise their children

The character of the Japanese

Religion

Kabuo Miyamoto
25 What does Horace Whaley do with Carl Heine's body that makes Abel vomit?
He opens the chest

He scalps the head

He cuts off the ear

He peels off half of his face