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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IX, The Puerto Ricans.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do most people of Irish ancestry live?
(a) In Canada.
(b) In Ireland.
(c) In the United States.
(d) In the British Isles.

2. Japanese pieceworkers earned ____________ than whites doing the same work.
(a) More.
(b) Less.
(c) More gradually.
(d) More rapidly.

3. What was the average life expectancy of an Irish immigrant in the 19th century?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Fifty-five.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Forty.

4. Which group of Italian immigrants were at the bottom of their social scale?
(a) Romans.
(b) Venetians.
(c) Tuscans.
(d) Sicilians.

5. How did Chinese immigrants cope with discrimination?
(a) Fear and intimidation.
(b) Withdrawal and inconspicuousness.
(c) Aggression and violence.
(d) Pugnacity and toughness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Irish product undermined the welfare of Irish people?

2. What mode of travel was first predominantly used in the Puerto Rican migration to the U.S.?

3. What was a "redemptioner"?

4. Why are the Hong Kong Chinese vulnerable to employer exploitation?

5. What industry occupied nearly half of Russian Jews prior to their emigration to the U.S.?

(see the answer key)

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