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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, From the Inland Sea.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Malama dies, what keepsake does Kelolo claim?
(a) Her skull.
(b) Her bracelet.
(c) Her pet parrot.
(d) Her portrait.

3. At the time of their journey, seven centuries before Columbus, what people had sailed the farthest?
(a) The Phoenicians.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Vikings.
(d) The people of the island king.

4. What best describes the stores owned and operated by Char Nyuk Tsin and her family, the Kees?
(a) The stores are clean but the prices are high.
(b) The stores are dirty and the prices are high.
(c) The stores are clean and the prices are fair.
(d) The stores are dirty but the prices are low.

5. 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) 10.
(b) 32.
(c) 97.
(d) 65.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is challenging the island king for power?

2. Why does Abner preach the first Sunday service on the voyage to Hawaii?

3. Why doesn't Kamejiro pay for college for his youngest child, his daughter Reiko?

4. During the voyage, what does it mean when the sailors spot flocks of birds catching fish?

5. What else does the island king plan to take along on the escape voyage?

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