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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Mun Ki dies, Char Nyuk Tsin returns to Hawaii to look for her youngest son. Who does she find raising him?
(a) Her older sons.
(b) John Whipple.
(c) Governor Kelolo Kanakoa.
(d) Her friends, Kimo and Apikela.

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

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

4. In 1942, when Hoxworth Hale tours the South Pacific in search of good sites for airstrips, where do his travels take him?
(a) Bora Bora.
(b) All of the given answers.
(c) Tahiti.
(d) Pago Pago.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. In 1946, Hong Kong Kee becomes aware that he is being investigated by someone from the mainland. What local individual does he discover is behind the inquiries?

2. In China, in the year 856 A.D., General Ching offers to lead a group of villagers in an escape from the Tartar invasion, but states that old people must stay behind. What happens when Char's elderly mother insists on joining the march?

3. Author James Michener states that the Hakka villagers are "Chinese to the core and steeped in Chinese lore," and yet they refuse to follow the Chinese tradition of foot binding. Why?

4. In 1946, Hoxworth Hale keeps California Fruit and Mr. McLafferty from opening a chain of supermarkets in Hawaii. In turn, what ethnic groups does Mr. McLafferty tell Hong Kong Kee that the success of California Fruit would benefit?

5. In Chapter 6, Kelly Kanakoa is a surfer and musician who works as a beach boy. When he falls for Smith graduate Elinor Henderson, he takes her home to meet his mother, Malama Kanakoa. What does he think Elinor and his mother have in common?

6. In November of 1899, when plague breaks out in Honolulu, what drastic step does the city take to prevent the spread of the disease, and what happens as a result?

7. When Sheong Mun, the granddaughter of Nyuk Tsin, asks her family for permission to marry a white sailor, and for their blessing, how does the family react?

8. What historic event on December 7, 1941 endangers Kamejiro and his family?

9. In the early 1920s, the Japanese workers in Hawaii stage a strike to protest low wages and poor working conditions, but the strike is broken. What outcome does the strike have for Kamejiro, whose friend Ishii-san organized it?

10. What incident on August 19, 1916, causes hard feelings between Kamejiro and the German supervisor or "luna" under whom he works on the sugar plantation?

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