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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter X, The Mexicans.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a "coyote"?
(a) An illegal drug.
(b) A Mexican gang.
(c) An Aztec symbol.
(d) A smuggler of illegal immigrants.

2. Which group represents the most dramatic example of upward mobility among immigrants?
(a) Slaves.
(b) The illiterate.
(c) The Polish.
(d) The Irish.

3. The longer the journey by ship took, the _______________ the people became.
(a) More determined.
(b) Stronger.
(c) More excited.
(d) Weaker.

4. At the turn of the century, what was the population density of the lower East Side in New York?
(a) Two hundred people per acre.
(b) Seven hundred people per acre.
(c) One hundred people per acre.
(d) Five hundred people per acre.

5. In their own land, the Irish were a _________________ people.
(a) Independent.
(b) Free.
(c) Conquering.
(d) Conquered.

Short Answer Questions

1. What distinguishes Italian emigration during the 20th century?

2. Immigrants on cargo ships could not select their______________.

3. Which Western country imported the most slaves?

4. What was the "Pale"?

5. What does Sowell determine transient immigrants are less likely to do?

(see the answer key)

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