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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, pgs. 132-178.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Hawaiian planters begin hiring nationalities other then the Chinese?
(a) When they became too dependent.
(b) When the population died down.
(c) When the drought came.
(d) When the workers demanded more vacation time.

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

4. What jobs did female Chinese immigrants hold according to Chapter 3?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Seamstress.
(c) Housekeepers and prostitutes.
(d) Doctors.

5. Why did Chinese immigrants begin to open laundromats?
(a) They were fired from the railroad.
(b) There was a great need for the service.
(c) Familes could run the buisness.
(d) The initial capital was low.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the husbands force their Japanese brides to wear upon their arrival to Hawaii?

2. When did the Indian population begin to grow in Hawaii?

3. Which Chinese group became active in the opium and prostitution rings?

4. Why does Takaki assert that Asian immigrants opened their own businesses?

5. What location became the prime meeting spot for Chinese immigrants?

(see the answer key)

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