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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. Kamejiro's daughter, Reiko, is courted by a soldier, Lieutenant Jackson. What is Lieutenant Jackson's military assignment?
(a) To prevent Japanese girls from marrying service men.
(b) To look for Japanese spies.
(c) To recruit Japanese soldiers.
(d) He is on leave and has no assignment.

2. What was the reaction in Hawaii to passage of the McCarren-Walter Immigration Act?
(a) Classes formed to help people prepare for citizenship.
(b) Neither of the given answers.
(c) The act was generally warmly received.
(d) Both of the given answers.

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

4. Why is Char Nyuk Tsin, daughter of a Hakka chief, unmarried at the age of seventeen?
(a) She is shy.
(b) She has no dowry.
(c) She does not have a favorable horoscope.
(d) She is unattractive.

5. When Shigeo Sakagawa travels to Japan in 1946, who does he see there?
(a) General Patton.
(b) His brother Goro.
(c) Hoxworth Hale.
(d) His childhood sweetheart.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1946, who does Hoxworth Hale say is causing the real problem in Hawaii?

3. The lowland people are the Punti. How do they behave toward the highland Hakka?

4. When Whip Hoxworth dies in 1927, who is his chief heir?

5. What advice does 94-year-old Char Nyuk Tsin give to her grandson, Hong Kong Kee, after the events of December 7, 1941?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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. 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?

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. 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?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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