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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most of Char Nyuk Tsin's great-great-grandchildren do not know her real name. How do they refer to her?
(a) Wu Chow's Auntie.
(b) Oldest Ancestor.
(c) Venerable Grandmother.
(d) Missie Kee.

2. What action does the Kee family undertake because of what Char Nyuk Tsin learns from the newspaper about company values?
(a) They begin buying up losing properties from the Fort.
(b) They begin buying up prosperous properties from the Fort.
(c) They start selling all of their properties, good and bad, to the Fort.
(d) They stop buying and selling properties.

3. When Whip Hoxworth wants Kamejiro to move to Oahu to work, he offers to pay him with land, but Kamejiro insists on a payment of $200 instead. Is this a good decision by Kamejiro?
(a) None of the given answers.
(b) No. The land is eventually worth far more.
(c) Yes, because the land is useless.
(d) It didn't matter, because the value is the same.

4. Who does John Whipple believe will eventually control Hawaii?
(a) The Hawaiian royal family.
(b) Whoever controls the water.
(c) The Chinese workers.
(d) The American missionaries.

5. With help from Hong Kong Kee, what powerful group does Mr. McLafferty's company hope to challenge?
(a) The Kee family.
(b) The Fort.
(c) The plantations owners.
(d) The Japanese workers.

6. What are Char Nyuk Tsin's sons told about their parents?
(a) That their mother is of royal blood.
(b) Both of the given answers.
(c) That their real mother lives in China.
(d) None of the given answers.

7. 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 agrees to do so immediately.
(c) He is away and doesn't hear the committee's advice.
(d) He is undecided.

8. Why do Kamejiro and his wife have trouble saving $400?
(a) Because they send all of their money back to Japan.
(b) Because they are always helping others.
(c) Because neither of them has a job.
(d) Because they buy too many luxuries.

9. What is the death rate at the Molokai leper colony when Mun Ki arrives?
(a) 4 or 5 people per week.
(b) 4 or 5 people per day.
(c) 4 or 5 people per hour.
(d) 4 or 5 people per month.

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

11. What happens to Elinor after she gets better acquainted with Kelly Kanakoa?
(a) She marries Kelly Kanakoa.
(b) She dies in a tsunami.
(c) She opens a popular restaurant in Honolulu.
(d) She writes a best-selling book.

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

13. 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) Her father's friend, Mr. Ishii.
(c) Hoxworth Hale.
(d) Hong Kong Kee.

14. In 1902, in the Japanese village of Hiroshima-ken, villagers use an ancient courtship custom. According to this custom, what should a young suitor do regarding the young woman he wishes to court?
(a) Kidnap the girl he desires.
(b) Send white flowers to her, every day for a month.
(c) Pay her parents for the privilege of courting her.
(d) Stand before her 12 times in one week without speaking.

15. Mark Whipple (West Point graduate and grandson of Dr. John Whipple) is resented by members of the Chinese community. Why?
(a) He is a member of the military.
(b) He is descended from missionaries.
(c) His father ordered Chinatown's destruction during the plague epidemic.
(d) None of the given answers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mun Ki do when he arrives in Hawaii?

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. When Shigeo's leave ends, he travels to Japan to resume his duties. What American general does he serve?

4. When Mark Whipple offers to lead a unit of Japanese soldiers into battle in Europe against the Germans, how many Japanese men volunteer to join the new unit, known as the 222nd?

5. What does Goro's new wife think about the Sakagawa household?

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