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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would unmarried Hawaiian men select Japanese brides?
(a) They were assigned by lottery.
(b) They courted them.
(c) Someone chose for them.
(d) From picture books.

2. Why did Hawaiian planters begin to hire nationalities other then Chinese?
(a) To keep unions out.
(b) Other people applied for the job.
(c) The Chinese immigration rates decreased.
(d) There was a strike.

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

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

5. What was the American Land and Produce Company also known as?
(a) Dole.
(b) Yamato Colony.
(c) Chiquita.
(d) Dannon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What emotion did the picture brides feel when they met their husbands?

3. Why did Chinese workers strike while working on the railways?

4. What were the names of the secret societies formed to protect Asian members?

5. What was the ethnic composition where the author grew up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What jobs did Filipino women hold prior to coming to America?

2. What law did California pass that was aimed at Japanese farmers?

3. How did the coupon payment system work and what was wrong with it?

4. What business did William Hoper run? Who did he hire to help run his business?

5. Define the Tongs and the Fongs.

6. What are blood unions and what did they later become?

7. Why did Filipino workers strike and what was the outcome of the strikes?

8. Explain the term 'paper son.'

9. How did the second generation of Koreans born in America differ from their parents?

10. Describe the story of Lung On and Ing Hay.

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