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

2. Char Nyuk Tsin (also known as Wu Chow's Auntie) is 61 years old in 1912. How many descendants does she have in her extended family, the Kees?
(a) 97.
(b) 32.
(c) 10.
(d) 65.

3. 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 refuses, in spite of his family's pleas.
(b) He is undecided.
(c) He is away and doesn't hear the committee's advice.
(d) He agrees to do so immediately.

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

5. What advice does 94-year-old Char Nyuk Tsin give to her grandson, Hong Kong Kee, after the events of December 7, 1941?
(a) None of the given answers.
(b) To do no more buying and selling until events calm down.
(c) To buy all the land they can.
(d) To sell all the land they can.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Char Nyuk Tsin celebrates her 100th birthday, how many of her great-great-grandchildren attend the party?

2. Shigeo plans to attend Harvard Law School. Why?

3. What happens to Shigeo's three brothers who also served in World War II?

4. Char Nyuk Tsin has trouble meeting the requirements for U.S. citizenship. Why?

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. Chapter 6 is entitled "The Golden Men," which is a term intended to describe a certain kind of individual who was beginning to appear in Hawaiian society. Describe some of the traits that would qualify someone as a "Golden Man."

2. 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?

3. In 1952, who does Malama Kanaoka learns has been appointed as trustee for the Malama Kanaoka Trust, and why is the appointment sociologically interesting?

4. 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?

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

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. 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?

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

9. 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?

10. In 1868, Mun Ki is eager to return to China with his four sons and his wife, Nyuk Tsin, when his work contract ends. Why would such a return effectively separate Nyuk Tsin from her sons?

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