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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. Why does Takaki assert that Asian immigrants opened their own businesses?
(a) Lack of taxes.
(b) Government assistance.
(c) Exclusion from labor force.
(d) Work ethic.

2. What were Chinese immigrants subjected to by American citizens, according to Chapter 3?
(a) Gentrification.
(b) Welcoming to the community.
(c) Prejudice and immigration.
(d) Burning crosses.

3. What did the blood unions become in 1920?
(a) The Asian Pacific Party.
(b) The Laborers in Arms Association.
(c) Fight! Freedom! Work!
(d) Hawaii Laborers Association.

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) Tears.
(d) Cheers.

5. Who signed a law prohibiting Japanese from migrating from Hawaii to the mainland?
(a) President Kennedy.
(b) President Nixon.
(c) President Roosevelt.
(d) President Ford.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did William Hoper find to be unproductive workers at his sugar mill?

3. In what year did Hawaii begin recruiting Filipino workers?

4. What Marxist term does Takaki give the Asian workforce?

5. On what island did the author grow up?

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