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

2. What is a credit ticket?
(a) The bartering sysmtem on the islands.
(b) The receipt of credit.
(c) How business owners traded workers.
(d) The borrowing of money for passage to Hawaii.

3. How would unmarried Hawaiian men select Japanese brides?
(a) They courted them.
(b) They were assigned by lottery.
(c) From picture books.
(d) Someone chose for them.

4. What does Takaki assert people think about America's population?
(a) That the population is white.
(b) That the population is diverse.
(c) That America is a melting pot.
(d) That the population is Asian.

5. Who did William Hoper find to be unproductive workers at his sugar mill?
(a) The elderly.
(b) Hawaiians.
(c) Asians.
(d) Caucasions.

Short Answer Questions

1. During 1970-1980 how many immigrants were Asian?

2. When was the foreign miners' license tax imposed?

3. When Hawaii could not longer import Chinese workers, who did they entice to the workforce next?

4. Who did the foreign miners' license tax apply to?

5. What did Takaki write that contributed to growth of the Asian population in America?

(see the answer key)

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