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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mun Ki's boss ask him to deliver to Hawaii?
(a) A letter to his brother.
(b) The Hakka girl named Char Nyuk Tsin.
(c) An important business proposal.
(d) A bag of gold coins.

3. Hong Kong Kee receives a visit from a Boston man named Mr. McLafferty. What does Mr. McLafferty want to discuss?
(a) Sugar plantations.
(b) Real estate deals, especially those involving hotels.
(c) Pineapple prices on the mainland.
(d) Water rights.

4. Char Nyuk Tsin vanishes from the Hakka's High Village. Why?
(a) She falls off a cliff.
(b) She runs away.
(c) None of the given answers.
(d) She is kidnapped.

5. When Char Nyuk Tsin celebrates her 100th birthday, how many of her great-great-grandchildren attend the party?
(a) 35.
(b) 12.
(c) 70.
(d) 141.

6. 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?
(a) Beautiful people.
(b) Friendly people.
(c) Guest people.
(d) Demon people.

7. What other crop does Whip Hoxworth introduce to Hawaii?
(a) Brazilian coffee beans.
(b) Ginger flowers.
(c) All of the given answers.
(d) Malaysian orange trees.

8. 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?
(a) Captain Hoxworth.
(b) John Whipple.
(c) Keoki Kanakoa.
(d) Abner Hale.

9. When Shigeo's leave ends, he travels to Japan to resume his duties. What American general does he serve?
(a) General Eisenhower.
(b) General Bradley.
(c) General MacArthur.
(d) General Patton.

10. How does the leper colony change after Big Saul dies?
(a) The people there look after and help one another.
(b) The people there implement the rules they need.
(c) All of the given answers.
(d) The people there plant gardens.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Char Nyuk Tsin do with the first acre of land that is given to her in Hawaii?

2. In 1942, when Hoxworth Hale tours the South Pacific in search of good sites for airstrips, where do his travels take him?

3. Why does Micah Hale think that America will try to take over Hawaii?

4. What was the reaction in Hawaii to passage of the McCarren-Walter Immigration Act?

5. Why do Japanese men in Hawaii want to join the U.S. military in 1942?

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