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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. In 1951, when Char Nyuk Tsin is 104 years old, what statement does her grandson read aloud from the newspaper that catches her interest?
(a) A company can be more valuable losing money than making it.
(b) A company can be more valuable making money than losing it.
(c) Real estate is no longer a safe place to invest money.
(d) None of the given answers.

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

3. Char Nyuk Tsin has trouble meeting the requirements for U.S. citizenship. Why?
(a) All of the given answers.
(b) She is Chinese.
(c) She is too old.
(d) She cannot read or write.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hong Kong Kee receives a visit from a Boston man named Mr. McLafferty. What does Mr. McLafferty want to discuss?

2. Goro Sakagawa hopes that his wife will be happy in Hawaii. In 1954, what does she do?

3. Which is these men is NOT an example of a Golden Man?

4. What starts happening to Japanese people in Hawaii on December 10, 1941?

5. 20-year-old Sakagawa Kamejiro courts Yoko. Before he leaves for Hawaii, what does he tell his family he will do when he is ready to marry her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Ever since he came to Hawaii in 1904, Kamejiro has been donating money to help support Japan's battles against other countries. By 1936, what responsibility to one of his children can Kamejiro not fulfill because so much of his money has been sent to Japan?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. Compare how the Hakka and Punti workers deal with each other before their voyage to Hawaii and how they act after the voyage. Why is there a change?

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

9. Why does Whip Hoxworth believe that pineapples and sugar cane complement each other as crops to be raised on his plantations?

10. In 1952, as soon as 106-year-old Nyuk Tsin hears that it is legal for an Asian to become a U.S. citizen, she tries to learn to read and write so that she can pass the test. When she can't meet that requirement, what compromise is reached?

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