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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year were plans made for the transcontinental railroad?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1848.

3. Why did Hawaiian planters begin to hire nationalities other then Chinese?
(a) There was a strike.
(b) The Chinese immigration rates decreased.
(c) Other people applied for the job.
(d) To keep unions out.

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

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

6. In Chapter 3, where does Takaki write that many Chinese immigrants settled?
(a) New York.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) California.
(d) Maryland.

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

8. Who believed that the Japanese should have the goal of being settlers?
(a) Abiko Kyutaro.
(b) Takaki.
(c) Professor Hank.
(d) Professor Kyto.

9. What did Takaki write that contributed to growth of the Asian population in America?
(a) Freedom of religion.
(b) Immigration Act of 1965.
(c) Freedom of speech.
(d) Immigration Act of 1922.

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

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

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

13. Where did Japanese women work in America?
(a) At home.
(b) In and out of the home.
(c) In laundromats.
(d) Out of the home.

14. How did Hawaiian plantation owners treat their workers?
(a) Well.
(b) Terribly.
(c) They beat them.
(d) They starved them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which policy worker called for the use of Chinese workers on the transcontinental railroad?

2. What valley did the author grow up in?

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

4. What was the Japanese community based upon?

5. Why did Chinese immigrants go into debt easily?

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