Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Ronald Takaki
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Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Ronald Takaki
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, pg. 21-53.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the ethnic composition where the author grew up?
(a) Japanese and Chinese.
(b) Caucasion.
(c) Chinese and African American.
(d) French.

2. What does Takaki assert people think about America's population?
(a) That America is a melting pot.
(b) That the population is Asian.
(c) That the population is diverse.
(d) That the population is white.

3. In what year were plans made for the transcontinental railroad?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1934.

4. Why does Takaki assert that Asian immigrants opened their own businesses?
(a) Government assistance.
(b) Work ethic.
(c) Lack of taxes.
(d) Exclusion from labor force.

5. How long had Takaki's family been in America?
(a) More than three generations.
(b) One generation.
(c) Ten generations.
(d) Six months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did William Hoper find to be productive workers?

2. In what state did the author grow up?

3. In what year did Hawaii begin recruiting Filipino workers?

4. When Hawaii could not longer import Chinese workers, who did they entice to the workforce next?

5. When did Hawaiian planters begin hiring nationalities other then the Chinese?

(see the answer key)

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