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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) A state-of-the-art hospital.
(b) A simple village with a clinic.
(c) An elaborate church but no clinic.
(d) Nothing but grass huts.

2. Who treats the Chinese workers kindly on their voyage from China to Hawaii?
(a) John Whipple.
(b) Nobody.
(c) Captain Hoxworth.
(d) Everybody.

3. Which of the following is NOT true about Kelly Kanakoa?
(a) His real first name is Kelolo.
(b) He works as a beach boy.
(c) His real mother is Char Nyuk Tsin.
(d) He is a surfer.

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

5. Kelly Kanakoa is attracted to Elinor Henderson. Which of the following statements about Elinor is true?
(a) She is deaf.
(b) She is a graduate of Smith College.
(c) She is illiterate but beautiful.
(d) She is an orphan.

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

7. The next time the Fort meets, what do its members discover?
(a) They have all sold losing properties to the Kees.
(b) They have all bought losing properties from the Kees.
(c) They have done no business with the Kees in months.
(d) They have bought all of the Kees properties, good and bad.

8. What are Char Nyuk Tsin's sons told about their parents?
(a) Both of the given answers.
(b) That their real mother lives in China.
(c) None of the given answers.
(d) That their mother is of royal blood.

9. Why is Char Nyuk Tsin, daughter of a Hakka chief, unmarried at the age of seventeen?
(a) She does not have a favorable horoscope.
(b) She has no dowry.
(c) She is unattractive.
(d) She is shy.

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

11. How many children do Kamejiro and his wife eventually have?
(a) 6 children--3 sets of twins.
(b) 5 children--4 boys and 1 girl.
(c) 2 children--a boy and a girl.
(d) 9 children--8 boys and 1 girl.

12. In 1951, when Char Nyuk Tsin is 104 years old, what statement does her grandson read aloud from the newspaper that catches her interest?
(a) A company can be more valuable losing money than making it.
(b) None of the given answers.
(c) Real estate is no longer a safe place to invest money.
(d) A company can be more valuable making money than losing it.

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

14. What important event takes place on July 6, 1898?
(a) U.S. House of Representatives votes to annex Hawaii.
(b) U.S. House of Representatives refuses to annex Hawaii.
(c) Queen Liliuokalani dies.
(d) Hawaii becomes the 50th U.S. state.

15. In 1946, who does Hoxworth Hale say is causing the real problem in Hawaii?
(a) The Fort.
(b) The military.
(c) The Chinese.
(d) The Democrats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is objectionable about the Cayenne pineapples introduced by Schilling?

2. What happens when the Japanese Federations of Labor workers' strike is broken?

3. What happens to Shigeo's three brothers who also served in World War II?

4. When Whip Hoxworth dies in 1927, who is his chief heir?

5. Most of Char Nyuk Tsin's great-great-grandchildren do not know her real name. How do they refer to her?

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