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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. When Kamejiro goes to work on one of Whip Hoxworth's plantations, what does he ask for permission to build?
(a) A bigger dining hall.
(b) Neither given answer.
(c) A heated bath.
(d) Both given answers.

2. 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) 65.
(c) 97.
(d) 32.

3. What best describes the island civilization described in Chapter 2?
(a) Starving.
(b) Powerful and sophisticated.
(c) Weak and disorganized.
(d) Sickly.

4. When Whip Hoxworth dies in 1927, who is his chief heir?
(a) Char Nyuk Tsin.
(b) Sakagawa Kamejiro.
(c) Hoxworth Hale.
(d) John Whipple.

5. When the second chain of islands formed in the southeast, how long was it?
(a) Two hundred miles long.
(b) Two million miles long.
(c) Two thousand miles long.
(d) Two miles long.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the voyage from New England to Hawaii, how many people must share each small cabin?

2. Who is Kelolo?

3. When Jesus and Mohammed were alive, what stage were the islands at?

4. When Char Ti Chong and his people make a new home in the highlands, the group becomes known as the Hakka. What does "Hakka" mean?

5. What happens on December 7, 1941, the day after the committee visits Kamejiro's house?

(see the answer key)

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