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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Char Nyuk Tsin and Mun Ki's sons named after?
(a) They are named after different relatives in China.
(b) They are named after different friends in Hawaii.
(c) They are named after different flowers.
(d) They are named after different continents.

2. What happens in Honolulu's Chinatown in November of 1899?
(a) A huge fire.
(b) An outbreak of plague.
(c) A riot.
(d) All of the given answers.

3. What does Char Nyuk Tsin do with the first acre of land that is given to her in Hawaii?
(a) Raises vegetables to sell for extra money.
(b) Gives ownership of the land to her husband.
(c) Builds a small house.
(d) Sells the land for a handsome profit.

4. What happens on December 7, 1941, the day after the committee visits Kamejiro's house?
(a) United States bombers attack Japan.
(b) The U.S. and Japan become allies.
(c) Kamejiro's house is burned down.
(d) Japanese bombers attack Pearl Harbor.

5. Why doesn't Kamejiro pay for college for his youngest child, his daughter Reiko?
(a) She is a poor student who isn't ready for college.
(b) He spends the money supporting Japan's war against China.
(c) He wants her to get married, not go to college.
(d) He doesn't believe that girls need a college degree.

6. What kind of man is Big Saul at the Molokai leper colony?
(a) A bully.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A fair leader.
(d) A minister.

7. What happens to Shigeo's three brothers who also served in World War II?
(a) All three survive.
(b) One is killed; the other two survive.
(c) All three are killed.
(d) Two are filled; only one survives.

8. Char Nyuk Tsin (also known as Wu Chow's Auntie) is 61 years old in 1912. How many descendants does she have in her extended family, the Kees?
(a) 32.
(b) 10.
(c) 65.
(d) 97.

9. When Mun Ki is diagnosed with leprosy and sent to the leper colony on Molokai, accompanied by his pregnant wife, Char Nyuk Tsin, what do the two of them find there?
(a) Nothing but grass huts.
(b) A state-of-the-art hospital.
(c) A simple village with a clinic.
(d) An elaborate church but no clinic.

10. What happens when Shigeo Sakagawa runs for a senate seat?
(a) He wins the election.
(b) He loses the election.
(c) He is assassinated before the vote count is complete.
(d) The vote ends in a tie.

11. What kind of education do Kamejiro's children receive when they are young?
(a) Daily regular school followed by daily Japanese school.
(b) Regular English-speaking school only.
(c) Japanese-speaking school only.
(d) None of the given answers.

12. What starts happening to Japanese people in Hawaii on December 10, 1941?
(a) They are rounded up and placed in barbed-wire enclosures.
(b) They are shipped back to Japan.
(c) They are arrested on sight.
(d) They are honored with a parade in Honolulu.

13. After 13 years in Hawaii, Kamejiro and his friend Ishii-san both send away to Japan for a bride. What happens when the two young women arrive?
(a) They each marry their intended bride.
(b) Ishii-san gets married and then runs away.
(c) They decide to marry each other's brides.
(d) Only Kamejiro gets married.

14. What was the reaction in Hawaii to passage of the McCarren-Walter Immigration Act?
(a) Both of the given answers.
(b) The act was generally warmly received.
(c) Classes formed to help people prepare for citizenship.
(d) Neither of the given answers.

15. In 9th-century China, when Char Ti Chong and the villagers flee from the Tartar invasion, where do they plan to go?
(a) To the Golden Valley, with General Ching.
(b) To the Tartar's homeland.
(c) To a secret cave, to hide.
(d) To the neighboring village, for help.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kelly Kanakoa is attracted to Elinor Henderson. Which of the following statements about Elinor is true?

2. Ishii becomes a representative for the Japanese Federation of Labor, trying to obtain better hours and better pay for the workers. When the workers go on strike, how do the planters and the Japanese Consulate react?

3. In 1946, the term "the Golden Men" is coined to describe a certain kind of person developing in Hawaii. Which of the following is NOT necessarily an attribute of a "Golden Man"?

4. Who does John Whipple believe will eventually control Hawaii?

5. What action does the Kee family undertake because of what Char Nyuk Tsin learns from the newspaper about company values?

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