1. Why are so many members of the Kee family able to get jobs as bookkeepers?
(a) They are smart and well-educated.
(b) They bribe the people who are doing the hiring.
(c) They are lucky.
(d) They blackmail the people who are doing the hiring.

2. When the island king attends the temple ceremony, what is displayed there?
(a) Baskets of flowers.
(b) A stack of dead bodies.
(c) Piles of gold bars.
(d) Offerings of food.

3. In 1942, when Hoxworth Hale tours the South Pacific in search of good sites for airstrips, where do his travels take him?
(a) Tahiti.
(b) Pago Pago.
(c) Bora Bora.
(d) All of the given answers.

4. What are the Seven Little Eyes?
(a) Followers of the high priest.
(b) Ships.
(c) A chain of islands.
(d) Stars.

5. What does Whip Hoxworth believe is the future of Hawaii?
(a) Orchids and ginger flowers.
(b) Sugar and pineapples.
(c) Pigs and chickens.
(d) Pearls and coral.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Whip Hoxworth wants Kamejiro to move to Oahu to work, he offers to pay him with land, but Kamejiro insists on a payment of $200 instead. Is this a good decision by Kamejiro?

2. What advice does 94-year-old Char Nyuk Tsin give to her grandson, Hong Kong Kee, after the events of December 7, 1941?

3. What announcement does Jerusha make when she reaches Hawaii?

4. What god do the island king and his people worship, to the high priest's displeasure?

5. What relation is Teroro to the island king?

(see the answer key)

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