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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, how does Takaki claim Chinese immigrants were victimized?
(a) Insurance fraud.
(b) Theft.
(c) Violence.
(d) Rape.

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

3. Who did William Hoper find to be unproductive workers at his sugar mill?
(a) The elderly.
(b) Caucasions.
(c) Hawaiians.
(d) Asians.

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

5. Who did William Hoper find to be productive workers?
(a) Chinese immigrants.
(b) Women.
(c) Brazilian immigrants.
(d) Polish immigrants

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

7. How were the Japanese treated in America?
(a) Like equals.
(b) Like the enemy.
(c) Like brothers.
(d) Like strangers.

8. 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.

9. When was the foreign miners' license tax imposed?
(a) 1801.
(b) 1852.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1956.

10. Why did Filipino immigrants come to Hawaii?
(a) To be near the beach.
(b) To learn how to surf.
(c) To escape poverty.
(d) To escape criminal sentences.

11. When did the Indian population begin to grow in Hawaii?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1976.

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

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

14. What were Chinese immigrants subjected to by American citizens, according to Chapter 3?
(a) Welcoming to the community.
(b) Prejudice and immigration.
(c) Gentrification.
(d) Burning crosses.

15. How many Asians arrived in Hawaii between 1850 and 1920?
(a) 1,000,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 300,000.
(d) 50,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the mining industry turned their back on the Chinese, what industry did they turn to?

2. Why did Japanese people immigrate to the United States according to Takaki?

3. What location became the prime meeting spot for Chinese immigrants?

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

5. Where did Japanese immigrants believe they would end up living after a few years of work?

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