appendToValueSet(newEntry);
      multimapIterationChain.append(newEntry);
      hashTable[bucket] = newEntry;
      size++;
      modCount++;
      rehashIfNecessary();
      return true;
    }

    private void rehashIfNecessary() {
      if (Hashing.needsResizing(size, hashTable.length, VALUE_SET_LOAD_FACTOR)) {
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        ValueEntry<K, V>[] hashTable =