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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a revolution takes place in Hawaii, what does Queen Liliuokalani do about it?
(a) She sails to Bora Bora.
(b) She faints.
(c) She abdicates the throne.
(d) She shoots at her enemies.

2. Which is these men is NOT an example of a Golden Man?
(a) Hong Kong Kee.
(b) Kelly Kanakoa.
(c) Kamejiro Sakagawa.
(d) Hoxworth Hale.

3. Why doesn't Kamejiro pay for college for his youngest child, his daughter Reiko?
(a) He spends the money supporting Japan's war against China.
(b) She is a poor student who isn't ready for college.
(c) He doesn't believe that girls need a college degree.
(d) He wants her to get married, not go to college.

4. When Reiko's family's objection to the romance causes Lieutenant Jackson to be sent away, who does her family arrange for her to marry instead?
(a) Her father's friend, Mr. Ishii.
(b) Mark Whipple.
(c) Hong Kong Kee.
(d) Hoxworth Hale.

5. What is the relationship between Kee Chun Fat (who made his fortune in the California gold fields) and Mun Ki (who works as a cook in a brothel in Macao)?
(a) They are brothers.
(b) They are uncle and nephew.
(c) They are father and son.
(d) They are strangers.

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

7. What promise does Char Nyuk Tsin make to her husband, Mun Ki, at the Molokai leper colony?
(a) She will send money to his wife in China after he dies.
(b) She will convert to Christianity.
(c) She will remarry after he dies.
(d) She will build a huge bonfire in his honor.

8. The lowland people are the Punti. How do they behave toward the highland Hakka?
(a) The Punti enslave the Hakka.
(b) They share no friendly contact.
(c) The Hakka enslave the Punti.
(d) The two groups work together in harmony.

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

10. Who does John Whipple believe will eventually control Hawaii?
(a) The Chinese workers.
(b) The American missionaries.
(c) Whoever controls the water.
(d) The Hawaiian royal family.

11. What does Whip Hoxworth bring from Formosa and ask Char Nyuk Tsin to plant?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Rice.
(c) Pineapple plants.
(d) Orchids.

12. What was the reaction in Hawaii to passage of the McCarren-Walter Immigration Act?
(a) Classes formed to help people prepare for citizenship.
(b) The act was generally warmly received.
(c) Both of the given answers.
(d) Neither of the given answers.

13. 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) Bora Bora.
(c) All of the given answers.
(d) Pago Pago.

14. 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.

15. Why does Micah Hale think that America will try to take over Hawaii?
(a) For diamonds.
(b) For sugar.
(c) For oil.
(d) For gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Char Nyuk Tsin and Mun Ki's sons named after?

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

3. Kelly Kanakoa is attracted to Elinor Henderson. Which of the following statements about Elinor is true?

4. Hong Kong Kee receives a visit from a Boston man named Mr. McLafferty. What does Mr. McLafferty want to discuss?

5. How many children do Kamejiro and his wife eventually have?

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