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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What valley did the author grow up in?

3. Where did Japanese immigrants believe they would end up living after a few years of work?

4. What was the American Land and Produce Company also known as?

5. What industry did many Chinese immigrants move to the United States for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What name does Takaki give to Asian labor forces and where does the name come from?

2. Why did the Japanese limit Korean immigration?

3. What is partnership farming and who participated?

4. During what years did Korean immigrants arrive in the United States and why?

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

6. Why did the Korean immigrants not have their own community to live in?

7. What happened when the Asian brides arrived in America? What were their reactions?

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

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

10. What major ruling by the courts in 1910 effected Asian Indians and who overturned the decision?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role did Chinese female immigrants play in Takaki's book? How were women treated and what employment did they find?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the events surrounding the earthquake in 1906. How did this event change immigration? What illegal activities did it encourage?

Essay Topic 3

Define the literary term genre. Explain which genre this book fits into and why.

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