Snow Falling on Cedars Quizzes

Snow Falling on Cedars Quiz 1

By Laura Moon Kim · Edited by Adam Kissel · Last reviewed December 31, 2005

1 What is the charge against Kabuo Miyamoto?

First degree murder

Third degree murder

Grand larceny

Second degree murder
2 How is Ishmael different from the other reporters in the courtroom?

He drinks excessively

He takes off his jacket

He is excited about the trial

He is a local
3 What about the body of Carl Heines provokes suspicion?

The wound on the left side of his head

The fact that he was caught in his own net

The weight of the body

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

His eldest daughter

A childhood lover

His mother

His wife
5 Who founded the San Piedro Review?

Ishmael Chambers

Alvin Hook

Arthur Chambers

Carl Heine
6 Why does Horace Whaley suspect that a Japanese man injured Carl Heine?

Carl Heine's wife is Japanese

The sea was full of Japanese fishermen at the time

He knows that the Japanese community dislikes him

The injury on his head is similar to that made by a kendo maneuver
7 What does the presence of foam in Carl Heine's mouth indicate?

He had been drinking too much alcohol the night of his death

He had been breathing when he hit the water

His blood type was rare

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

A large cut

A hangnail

A wedding ring

A leech
9 What does Susan Marie do when she learns of Carl Heine's death?

She brews tea

She sits on the bottom stair in her house

She sells the house

She screams at her three sons
10 Why do the Japanese sit in the back of the courtroom?

Because it is warmer in the back

Because it is socially compelled

Because it is illegal for them to sit in the front

Because they are weeping
11 Who is crowned Strawberry Princess during the annual Strawberry Festival?

The winner by election

A German-American maiden

A Japanese-American maiden

Alternately a Japanese and an American maiden each year.
12 What does Ishmael teach Hatsue to do when she is ten?

To ride a bicycle

To pick strawberries

To swim

To climb trees
13 What do both Hatsue and Kabuo dream of having one day?

A strawberry farm

A newspaper

A voyage to Japan

A fishing boat
14 Why do Kabuo and Hatsue play the radio on their wedding night?

So that they can fall asleep

So that they can sing their favorite songs together

So they can dance

So no one will hear them
15 Where do Ishmael and Hatsue meet secretly during their youth?

In the strawberry fields

Inside a cedar tree

On the beach

Behind Ishmael's house
16 Why does Zenhichi Miyamoto want to lease seven acres of land from Carl Heine Senior?

So that his eldest son Kabuo can take title to the land

So that he can experiment with growing squash

So that he may later sell it to Hatsue's father

So that he can expand his already vast holdings
17 What does Etta Heine do with the farmland upon her husband's death?

Continue to farm it

Sell it to Ole Jurgensen

Lease it out until her son's return from the war

Sell it to Zenhichi Miyamoto
18 Why could the Japanese not purchase land on San Piedro Island?

The banks would not hold their money

The Japanese already owned too large of a percentage of the island

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 bamboo fishing rod

A letter

Sheet music

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

As childhood playmates

As best friends

As enemies

As fishing partners
21 Why does Etta complain about Kabuo to her son?

She says that Kabuo is throwing her dirty looks

She says that Kabuo has been stealing money from her room

She says that Kabuo has gathered the entire Japanese community against her

She says that Kabuo has been sending harrassing letters
22 How many acres total does Ole Jergensen own in the Center Valley after purchasing from Etta?

7 acres

100 acres

10 acres

65 acres
23 Where does Etta move to?

Seattle

A smaller house

The room that Ishmael later rents

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

Religion

Kabuo Miyamoto

How to raise their children

The character of the Japanese
25 What does Horace Whaley do with Carl Heine's body that makes Abel vomit?

He cuts off the ear

He scalps the head

He opens the chest

He peels off half of his face

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