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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 blood unions based upon?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Americans react to Filipino immigration?

2. Why did Vietnamese immigrants arrive in America and where did they live when they first arrived?

3. Approximately how many Asians arrived in Hawaii between 1850 and 1920, and where did they work?

4. What were the working conditions of Filipino immigrants?

5. How did Filipinos feel about their homeland?

6. Who is Abiko Kyutaro and what did he accomplish?

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

8. Why did Filipinos immigrate to America?

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

10. Why did Chinese immigrants open laundromats?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Briefly discuss Marx's economic theory and how it influenced Takaki. Define the term industrial reserve army and how Takaki uses it in his book.

Essay Topic 2

Who are Lung On and Ing Hay? Why did Takaki elect to include their story in his book? What contribution did they make to Asian immigration?

Essay Topic 3

Why did Asian immigrants feel the need to strike? What conditions were they fighting for? Did any of their strikes succeed? Why did so many strikes fail?

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