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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Hashimoto (a friend of Kamejiro's) after he marries a Hawaiian girl?
(a) He is fired from his job.
(b) All of the given answers.
(c) He is treated like an outcast.
(d) He is forbidden to attend the Japanese church.

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

3. When Army captain Shigeo Sakagawa, arrives in Hawaii in 1946 on leave, what happens to him?
(a) He becomes part of a victory parade in Honolulu.
(b) None of the given answers.
(c) He is ignored.
(d) He is stoned by protesters.

4. How long does the journey of Char Ti Chong and his people take?
(a) Many years.
(b) Many days.
(c) Many weeks.
(d) Many months.

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

6. Kamejiro's daughter, Reiko, is courted by a soldier, Lieutenant Jackson. What is Lieutenant Jackson's military assignment?
(a) To recruit Japanese soldiers.
(b) To prevent Japanese girls from marrying service men.
(c) He is on leave and has no assignment.
(d) To look for Japanese spies.

7. What does Goro's new wife think about the Sakagawa household?
(a) Both given answers are true.
(b) That it is like living in Japan 100 years ago.
(c) Neither given answer is true.
(d) That it is an exciting new life.

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

9. What happens to Shigeo's three brothers who also served in World War II?
(a) One is killed; the other two survive.
(b) All three are killed.
(c) Two are filled; only one survives.
(d) All three survive.

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

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

12. What kind of education do Kamejiro's children receive when they are young?
(a) Daily regular school followed by daily Japanese school.
(b) Regular English-speaking school only.
(c) Japanese-speaking school only.
(d) None of the given answers.

13. What does Kelly learn about Elinor as he gets to know her better?
(a) Neither given answer is correct.
(b) She is a descendant of missionary Immanuel Quigley.
(c) Both given answers are correct.
(d) She wants to write a book.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Goro Sakagawa marry?

2. What happens in Honolulu's Chinatown in November of 1899?

3. When Mark Whipple offers to lead a unit of Japanese soldiers into battle in Europe against the Germans, how many Japanese men volunteer to join the new unit, known as the 222nd?

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

5. Ishii becomes a representative for the Japanese Federation of Labor, trying to obtain better hours and better pay for the workers. When the workers go on strike, how do the planters and the Japanese Consulate react?

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