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

2. Why do Japanese men in Hawaii want to join the U.S. military in 1942?
(a) To get rich.
(b) To have fun.
(c) To get a rest from their jobs.
(d) To prove their loyalty.

3. Shigeo plans to attend Harvard Law School. Why?
(a) He believes there are not enough educated Japanese in Hawaii.
(b) He misses being a student.
(c) He wants to make a lot of money.
(d) He is afraid to go home to Hawaii.

4. What best describes the stores owned and operated by Char Nyuk Tsin and her family, the Kees?
(a) The stores are dirty but the prices are low.
(b) The stores are clean and the prices are fair.
(c) The stores are clean but the prices are high.
(d) The stores are dirty and the prices are high.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kamejiro's daughter, Reiko, is courted by a soldier, Lieutenant Jackson. What is Lieutenant Jackson's military assignment?

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

3. Which of the following is NOT true about Kelly Kanakoa?

4. What does Whip Hoxworth believe is the future of Hawaii?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the 1860s, John Whipple has many opportunities to observe the new Chinese workers as they settle into their lives in Hawaii. What impression do they make on him?

2. Identify who "the Celestials" are, and name at least one term of their employment.

3. Later in 1946, in the Japanese city of Yokahama, what does Shigeo notice about the involvement of women in the city's clean-up effort, and why does it seem unfair?

4. Between 1893 and 1898, a power struggle plays out between Hawaii's Queen Liliukalani and a group of politicians that includes descendants of the original missionary families. How is this struggle resolved in July of 1898?

5. 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?

6. When Shigeo Sakagawa is sent by the U.S. Army to serve in Japan in 1946, his mother urges him to try to marry a girl from the area around Hiroshima. What major historical event of World War II is she ignoring when she gives him this advice?

7. On December 10, 1941, many members of the Japanese community in Hawaii are rounded up and placed in barbed-wire enclosures. What do the descendants of the white missionary families do about this?

8. What Japanese tradition do Kamejiro and his wife Yoriko introduce in Hawaii as a way to make some much-needed extra money?

9. Is Nyuk Tsin's strategy of buying up losing properties from their major competition, the Fort, a smart business move? Why or why not?

10. In 1880, when relatives refuse to let young Whip Hoxworth join the family business because of his wild ways, what do they give to him instead, and what does he do with their gift?

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