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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, pgs. 132-178.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did the foreign miners' license tax apply to?
(a) Europeans.
(b) Africans.
(c) Chinese workers that were citizens.
(d) Chinese workers that did not want to become citizens.

2. What did immigrants think about Hawaii? Why did they go there?
(a) Easy access to fishing.
(b) It had a low cost of living.
(c) It was near the beach.
(d) It was paradise.

3. Why did Chinese workers strike while working on the railways?
(a) Pensions.
(b) Health insurance.
(c) Sexual harrasment.
(d) Higher wages.

4. What does diversity in the work place accomplish according to Chapter 2?
(a) It prevents one block of immigrants from becoming too powerful.
(b) It provides an educational experience.
(c) The bosses experience multiple cultures.
(d) It makes a positive work environment.

5. What valley did the author grow up in?
(a) San Fernando Valley.
(b) Annapolis Valley.
(c) Valley Gorge.
(d) Palolo Valley.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Asians arrived in Hawaii between 1850 and 1920?

2. What were the names of the secret societies formed to protect Asian members?

3. Where did Takaki go to college?

4. In Chapter 3, how does Takaki claim Chinese immigrants were victimized?

5. In what year did the plantations in Hawaii deal with multiple strikes?

(see the answer key)

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