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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Chinese workers strike while working on the railways?
(a) Pensions.
(b) Higher wages.
(c) Health insurance.
(d) Sexual harrasment.

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

3. How many Koreans arrived in America between 1903 and 1920?
(a) More then 8,000.
(b) 5,432.
(c) Less then 2,000.
(d) More then 12,000.

4. What was the reaction in Chapter 3, to the special taxes put upon Chinese immigrants?
(a) Lawsuits and protests.
(b) A new president.
(c) Cheers.
(d) Tears.

5. When Hawaii could not longer import Chinese workers, who did they entice to the workforce next?
(a) Mexicans.
(b) French.
(c) Koreans.
(d) Japanese.

6. What was the American Land and Produce Company?
(a) A Japanese farming community.
(b) A collection of white business owners.
(c) A Japanese landscaping company.
(d) A banana company.

7. When did William Hoper open his sugar mill?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1835.

8. What were blood unions based upon?
(a) National origin.
(b) Family ties.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Marriage.

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

10. What were the names of the secret societies formed to protect Asian members?
(a) Tongs.
(b) The Free Masons.
(c) The Mighty Steeds.
(d) Mongs.

11. When did the first wave of Asian immigration begin?
(a) With the Mayflower.
(b) Immigration Act of 1924.
(c) The Cold War.
(d) Immigration Act of 1968.

12. Why did Abiko Kyutaro return to Japan prior to moving permanently to America?
(a) To find a wife.
(b) To pay off debts.
(c) To collect his children.
(d) To find a job.

13. In what year did Hawaii begin recruiting Filipino workers?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1905.

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

15. 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. What industry was very popular for Japanese immigrants to work in?

2. On what type of Hawaiian plantations needed Asian laborers?

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

4. Where did Takaki go to college?

5. Why did Chinese immigrants begin to open laundromats?

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