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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. What valley did the author grow up in?
(a) Annapolis Valley.
(b) San Fernando Valley.
(c) Valley Gorge.
(d) Palolo Valley.

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

3. What industry did many Chinese immigrants move to the United States for?
(a) Gold mining.
(b) Steel mining.
(c) Coal mining.
(d) Diamond mining.

4. On what type of Hawaiian plantations needed Asian laborers?
(a) Sugar cane.
(b) Rum.
(c) Gin.
(d) Tobacco.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hawaiian planters begin to hire nationalities other then Chinese?

2. Who signed a law prohibiting Japanese from migrating from Hawaii to the mainland?

3. In Chapter 3, how does Takaki claim Chinese immigrants were victimized?

4. What made Chinese immigrants a threat to the mining industry?

5. After the mining industry turned their back on the Chinese, what industry did they turn to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did The Chinese Six Companies support when China became a communist country?

2. How did Americans react to Filipino immigration?

3. How did Asian Indians tend to dress and how did this lead to racial slurs?

4. What did Filipino immigrants do when they lived in Alaska?

5. Who were the only Chinese men allowed to bring their wives to the United States?

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

7. In what neighborhoods did Korean immigrants live in?

8. What was the major industry Filipino immigrants became involved in?

9. What did the McCarran-Watter Act declare?

10. What were the working conditions of Filipino immigrants?

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