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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, pgs. 472-492.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do educated immigrants function in American society?
(a) Their jobs do not reflect their education.
(b) They raise smart children.
(c) They become teachers.
(d) They hold high positions.

2. Where did Asian-Indian workers work in Washington?
(a) Steel mills.
(b) Lumber yards.
(c) Fish markets.
(d) Libraries.

3. In what year did Hawaii begin recruiting Filipino workers?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1995.

4. After the mining industry turned their back on the Chinese, what industry did they turn to?
(a) Financial.
(b) Marketing.
(c) Industrial.
(d) Farming.

5. Which policy worker called for the use of Chinese workers on the transcontinental railroad?
(a) James F. Kennedy.
(b) Aaron H. Palmer.
(c) William Clinton.
(d) George Frank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Takaki hope the reader learns about from his book?

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

3. When did the first wave of Asian immigration begin?

4. Why did most Asian immigrants want to move to America?

5. What war do Americans depict in films cruelly?

(see the answer key)

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