Problem 1: Explain the concept of factoring in the sugar industry?
Problem 2: Who/What was the "Big Five" and how did the "Big Five" evolve in the nineteenth century?
Problem 3: Explain what cooperation beyond the sugar plantations took place among Big Five members. Discuss the political, religious and social involvements as well as the other economic involvements.
Problem 4: What were the advantages and disadvantages of the contract labor system as used in Hawai'i?
Problem 5: Judging from the oral histories in chapter 4, what were the plantation workers' attitudes to their work and their employers?