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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 Eisenhower.
(b) General Patton.
(c) General Bradley.
(d) General MacArthur.

2. What does Kamejiro Sakagawa do in 1952?
(a) He refuses to apply for U.S. citizenship.
(b) He applies for U.S. citizenship.
(c) He votes for his son, Shigeo, who is running for senator.
(d) He refuses to return to Japan.

3. How does the leper colony change after Big Saul dies?
(a) The people there look after and help one another.
(b) The people there implement the rules they need.
(c) All of the given answers.
(d) The people there plant gardens.

4. What starts happening to Japanese people in Hawaii on December 10, 1941?
(a) They are rounded up and placed in barbed-wire enclosures.
(b) They are arrested on sight.
(c) They are shipped back to Japan.
(d) They are honored with a parade in Honolulu.

5. Which of the following is NOT true about Kelly Kanakoa?
(a) His real mother is Char Nyuk Tsin.
(b) He is a surfer.
(c) He works as a beach boy.
(d) His real first name is Kelolo.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1946, the term "the Golden Men" is coined to describe a certain kind of person developing in Hawaii. Which of the following is NOT necessarily an attribute of a "Golden Man"?

2. When a revolution takes place in Hawaii, what does Queen Liliuokalani do about it?

3. What other crop does Whip Hoxworth introduce to Hawaii?

4. What happens to Hashimoto (a friend of Kamejiro's) after he marries a Hawaiian girl?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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