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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a "hatchet man"?
(a) An entertainer.
(b) A member of a Chinese secret society.
(c) A lumberjack.
(d) A woodsman.

2. What historical events at the turn of the century raised Japanese confidence?
(a) Winning wars against China and Russia.
(b) Being twice voted most popular tourist destination.
(c) Winning Nobel prizes for science and math.
(d) Accumulating more wealth than other Asian nations.

3. What was higher among Puerto Ricans in New York than among either blacks or whites?
(a) Income.
(b) Fertility rates.
(c) Education.
(d) Political participation.

4. Which religion forbade the owning of slaves and produced many abolitionists?
(a) Presbyterian.
(b) Quaker.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Methodist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For Japanese schoolchildren in the U.S., academic success was a matter of family ______________.

2. Which Western country imported the most slaves?

3. Among all ethnic groups in the U.S., Puerto Ricans in 1930 had the highest rate of what factor?

4. How does the Chinese America crime rate compare to other immigrant groups?

5. How long is the border between the U.S. and Mexico?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Chinese cultural diversity similar to that of Italy?

2. Why is it particularly difficult to measure advancement in the immigrant Puerto Rican community?

3. What field of endeavor was essentially invented by immigrant Japanese?

4. What qualities distinguished Japanese school children in the U.S.?

5. Why were most early Chinese immigrants to the U.S. sojourners?

6. In what ways did geography contribute to the perpetuation of slavery?

7. What are some signs of the slow acculturation of Mexican immigrants?

8. What are some socioeconomic results of early marriages and high fertility rates among Puerto Rican immigrants?

9. How do Puerto Ricans compare economically with other immigrant groups?

10. Why did most Chinese immigrants work in laundries and restaurants in the U.S.?

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