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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, From the Inland Sea.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many miles does the group have to sail to reach their new home?
(a) Five thousand miles.
(b) Fifty miles.
(c) Five miles.
(d) Five hundred miles.

2. What important event takes place on July 6, 1898?
(a) Queen Liliuokalani dies.
(b) U.S. House of Representatives refuses to annex Hawaii.
(c) Hawaii becomes the 50th U.S. state.
(d) U.S. House of Representatives votes to annex Hawaii.

3. What happens on December 7, 1941, the day after the committee visits Kamejiro's house?
(a) United States bombers attack Japan.
(b) The U.S. and Japan become allies.
(c) Japanese bombers attack Pearl Harbor.
(d) Kamejiro's house is burned down.

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

5. What is a submerged island called when it reaches the ocean's surface?
(a) Lava.
(b) Fissure.
(c) Rupture.
(d) Land.

Short Answer Questions

1. In comparison with the other land masses on the planet, what best describes these islands?

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?

3. What does Mun Ki's boss ask him to deliver to Hawaii?

4. When her fifth son is born on Molokai, what does Char Nyuk Tsin do?

5. What does John Whipple do for the community after he leaves missionary work?

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