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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What location became the prime meeting spot for Chinese immigrants?
(a) Shopping malls.
(b) Stores.
(c) Restaraunts.
(d) Laundromats.

3. What industry was very popular for Japanese immigrants to work in?
(a) Finance.
(b) Culinary arts.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Engineering.

4. Where did Japanese immigrants believe they would end up living after a few years of work?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Japan.

5. What did the blood unions become in 1920?
(a) The Laborers in Arms Association.
(b) Fight! Freedom! Work!
(c) Hawaii Laborers Association.
(d) The Asian Pacific Party.

6. Why did the Japanese limit Korean immigration to Hawaii, according to Chapter 2?
(a) The quota was already met.
(b) Korea went to war.
(c) Hawaii decided to build a really big fence.
(d) So they could not compete with the Japense for jobs.

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

8. How many Koreans arrived in America between 1903 and 1920?
(a) More then 12,000.
(b) More then 8,000.
(c) Less then 2,000.
(d) 5,432.

9. What types of businesses did Japanese immigrants open?
(a) Fruit and vegetable farms.
(b) Forest preserves.
(c) Banks.
(d) Medical practices.

10. Which Chinese group became active in the opium and prostitution rings?
(a) Tongs.
(b) White Cobras.
(c) The Orange Dragons.
(d) Fongs.

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

12. What were the Indian immigrants attempting to escape in India?
(a) Genocide.
(b) British rule.
(c) The education system.
(d) War.

13. When did William Hoper open his sugar mill?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1835.
(d) 1972.

14. In what year was a law passed that prohibited Japanese from owning land?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1845.

15. What caused the strike with the Central Pacific Railroad to end?
(a) An agreement was reached.
(b) The Chinese people found a better company to work for.
(c) The Central Pacific Railroad threatened to hire black men instead.
(d) Central Pacific Railroad went bankrupt.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Hawaiian planters begin hiring nationalities other then the Chinese?

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

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

4. Why did very few Chinese immigrants return to China according to The Chinese Six Companies?

5. How long had Takaki's family been in America?

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