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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, pg. 79-112.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Chinese workers were hired to work on the railways in 1865?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 9,000.
(c) 3.
(d) 50.

2. Why did Chinese immigrants begin to open laundromats?
(a) The initial capital was low.
(b) There was a great need for the service.
(c) They were fired from the railroad.
(d) Familes could run the buisness.

3. What did the Filipino labor contracts include?
(a) Food.
(b) Wives.
(c) Transportation.
(d) Bedding.

4. When did the first wave of Asian immigration begin?
(a) Immigration Act of 1968.
(b) With the Mayflower.
(c) The Cold War.
(d) Immigration Act of 1924.

5. Where did Takaki go to college?
(a) The South.
(b) The West coast.
(c) The East coast.
(d) The Midwest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the strike with the Central Pacific Railroad to end?

2. What valley did the author grow up in?

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

4. What does Takaki say is the fastest growing ethnic population?

5. In what state did the author grow up?

(see the answer key)

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