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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 does John Whipple come to China in 1865?
(a) To visit distant relatives.
(b) All of the given answers.
(c) To hire workers for the Hawaiian sugar fields.
(d) To take a vacation.

2. When the island submerged again, what formed around it?
(a) A coral reef.
(b) A whirlpool.
(c) A harbor.
(d) A rainbow.

3. 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) They decide to marry each other's brides.
(c) Only Kamejiro gets married.
(d) Ishii-san gets married and then runs away.

4. Who is Kelolo?
(a) Keoki Kanakoa's father.
(b) None of the given answers.
(c) One of Malama's husbands.
(d) Both of the given answers.

5. Why do Japanese men in Hawaii want to join the U.S. military in 1942?
(a) To prove their loyalty.
(b) To get a rest from their jobs.
(c) To get rich.
(d) To have fun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mun Ki do when he arrives in Hawaii?

2. What kind of man is Big Saul at the Molokai leper colony?

3. What is the name of the science that studies how the earth is formed?

4. How does the leper colony change after Big Saul dies?

5. Who is the old man who walks into a Chinese temple on the island of Maui, screams at the people there, and hits objects with his cane?

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