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

2. What was the reaction in Chapter 3, to the special taxes put upon Chinese immigrants?
(a) A new president.
(b) Lawsuits and protests.
(c) Tears.
(d) Cheers.

3. What was the ethnic composition where the author grew up?
(a) French.
(b) Chinese and African American.
(c) Caucasion.
(d) Japanese and Chinese.

4. Why did very few Chinese immigrants return to China according to The Chinese Six Companies?
(a) No money.
(b) No passport.
(c) The government would not let them return.
(d) Lack of family.

5. What emotion did the picture brides feel when they met their husbands?
(a) Fear.
(b) Disappointment .
(c) Joy.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What valley did the author grow up in?

2. According to Takaki, what is the occupational structure based on?

3. In what year did Hawaii begin recruiting Filipino workers?

4. Who did William Hoper find to be unproductive workers at his sugar mill?

5. What were Asian workers issued that took the place of dollars?

(see the answer key)

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