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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 is shy.
(c) She is unattractive.
(d) She has no dowry.

2. 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?
(a) About 11 men.
(b) About 110 men.
(c) About 11,000 men.
(d) About 1,100 men.

3. 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.

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) Hoxworth Hale.
(b) Mark Whipple.
(c) Hong Kong Kee.
(d) Her father's friend, Mr. Ishii.

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 father and son.
(b) They are strangers.
(c) They are uncle and nephew.
(d) They are brothers.

6. What does Kelly Kanakoa do in the early 1950s?
(a) Both of the given answers.
(b) Teams up with Judy Kee to form Island Records.
(c) Neither of the given answers.
(d) Teams up with Judy Kee to record an album.

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

8. Mark Whipple (West Point graduate and grandson of Dr. John Whipple) is resented by members of the Chinese community. Why?
(a) His father ordered Chinatown's destruction during the plague epidemic.
(b) None of the given answers.
(c) He is a member of the military.
(d) He is descended from missionaries.

9. Who does Goro Sakagawa marry?
(a) Akemi.
(b) Judy Kee.
(c) Malama Kanakoa.
(d) Elinor Henderson.

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

11. A committee urges Japanese families in Hawaii to have their children's names removed from the registers in their Japanese villages, thereby canceling their Japanese citizenship. What is Kamejiro's response?
(a) He is away and doesn't hear the committee's advice.
(b) He agrees to do so immediately.
(c) He refuses, in spite of his family's pleas.
(d) He is undecided.

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

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) United States bombers attack Japan.
(c) Japanese bombers attack Pearl Harbor.
(d) Kamejiro's house is burned down.

14. What cultural event does Shigeo attend in 1946 in Tokyo?
(a) A sumo wrestling match.
(b) A tea ceremony.
(c) A fireworks display.
(d) A calligraphy class.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the journey of Char Ti Chong and his people take?

2. How does the leper colony change after Big Saul dies?

3. After Mun Ki dies, Char Nyuk Tsin returns to Hawaii to look for her youngest son. Who does she find raising him?

4. What happens to Elinor after she gets better acquainted with Kelly Kanakoa?

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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