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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. The next time the Fort meets, what do its members discover?
(a) They have bought all of the Kees properties, good and bad.
(b) They have done no business with the Kees in months.
(c) They have all bought losing properties from the Kees.
(d) They have all sold losing properties to the Kees.

2. What happens to Hashimoto (a friend of Kamejiro's) after he marries a Hawaiian girl?
(a) He is forbidden to attend the Japanese church.
(b) He is fired from his job.
(c) All of the given answers.
(d) He is treated like an outcast.

3. When Char Ti Chong and his people make a new home in the highlands, the group becomes known as the Hakka. What does "Hakka" mean?
(a) Friendly people.
(b) Beautiful people.
(c) Demon people.
(d) Guest people.

4. Who is the old man who walks into a Chinese temple on the island of Maui, screams at the people there, and hits objects with his cane?
(a) John Whipple.
(b) Keoki Kanakoa.
(c) Abner Hale.
(d) Captain Hoxworth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does the Kee family undertake because of what Char Nyuk Tsin learns from the newspaper about company values?

2. Char Nyuk Tsin (also known as Wu Chow's Auntie) is 61 years old in 1912. How many descendants does she have in her extended family, the Kees?

3. What best describes the stores owned and operated by Char Nyuk Tsin and her family, the Kees?

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

5. In 1951, when Char Nyuk Tsin is 104 years old, what statement does her grandson read aloud from the newspaper that catches her interest?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Between 1893 and 1898, a power struggle plays out between Hawaii's Queen Liliukalani and a group of politicians that includes descendants of the original missionary families. How is this struggle resolved in July of 1898?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

8. In November of 1899, when plague breaks out in Honolulu, what drastic step does the city take to prevent the spread of the disease, and what happens as a result?

9. In 1952, as soon as 106-year-old Nyuk Tsin hears that it is legal for an Asian to become a U.S. citizen, she tries to learn to read and write so that she can pass the test. When she can't meet that requirement, what compromise is reached?

10. 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?

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