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

2. On what island did the author grow up?
(a) Long Island.
(b) Oahu.
(c) Rikers.
(d) Maui.

3. What does Takaki say is the fastest growing ethnic population?
(a) Asian.
(b) Columbian.
(c) Middle Eastern.
(d) Haitian.

4. Where did Takaki go to college?
(a) The East coast.
(b) The South.
(c) The West coast.
(d) The Midwest.

5. Who did William Hoper find to be productive workers?
(a) Polish immigrants
(b) Chinese immigrants.
(c) Women.
(d) Brazilian immigrants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Takaki assert people think about America's population?

2. What did Takaki write that contributed to growth of the Asian population in America?

3. Which policy worker called for the use of Chinese workers on the transcontinental railroad?

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

5. In what year were plans made for the transcontinental railroad?

(see the answer key)

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