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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 Reiko's family's objection to the romance causes Lieutenant Jackson to be sent away, who does her family arrange for her to marry instead?
(a) Mark Whipple.
(b) Hong Kong Kee.
(c) Hoxworth Hale.
(d) Her father's friend, Mr. Ishii.

2. When Kamejiro goes to work on one of Whip Hoxworth's plantations, what does he ask for permission to build?
(a) A heated bath.
(b) Neither given answer.
(c) A bigger dining hall.
(d) Both given answers.

3. 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"?
(a) A blend of business and philosophy.
(b) A blend of Western and Eastern culture and values.
(c) A blend of modern and ancient sensibilities.
(d) A blend of Caucasian and Asian genes.

4. When her fifth son is born on Molokai, what does Char Nyuk Tsin do?
(a) Sends him to his older brothers.
(b) Sends him to John Whipple.
(c) Sends him to her friends, Kino and Apikela.
(d) Sends him to an orphanage.

5. What happens when Shigeo Sakagawa runs for a senate seat?
(a) He is assassinated before the vote count is complete.
(b) He loses the election.
(c) He wins the election.
(d) The vote ends in a tie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kee Chun Fat's advice to the men who are moving to Hawaii?

2. What cultural event does Shigeo attend in 1946 in Tokyo?

3. Who treats the Chinese workers kindly on their voyage from China to Hawaii?

4. Why doesn't Kamejiro pay for college for his youngest child, his daughter Reiko?

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

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. 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?

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. 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?

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. 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?

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

8. Kee Chun Fat, who made his money in the California gold fields, tells his nephew, Mun Ki, what a Chinese must do in order to succeed in America. What is his advice?

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

10. In Japan in 1902, twenty-year-old Sakagawa Kamejiro is sent by his family council to work in the Hawaii sugar fields. Why does he agree to leave his homeland and take this job?

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