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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What valley did the author grow up in?
(a) San Fernando Valley.
(b) Valley Gorge.
(c) Palolo Valley.
(d) Annapolis Valley.

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

3. 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.

4. Why did Chinese workers strike while working on the railways?
(a) Pensions.
(b) Higher wages.
(c) Health insurance.
(d) Sexual harrasment.

5. Who received the highest wages in the Hawaiian plantations?
(a) American workers.
(b) European workers.
(c) Polish workers.
(d) African workers.

6. What organization supported Chinese immigrants and protested their poor treatment?
(a) NAAPP.
(b) FBI.
(c) Chinese Six Companies.
(d) Chinese Star Shooters.

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

8. Why did Chinese immigrants begin to open laundromats?
(a) There was a great need for the service.
(b) The initial capital was low.
(c) They were fired from the railroad.
(d) Familes could run the buisness.

9. What made Chinese immigrants a threat to the mining industry?
(a) Their pointy shoes.
(b) Their long hair.
(c) Their culture.
(d) Their theivery.

10. 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.

11. How long had Takaki's family been in America?
(a) Six months.
(b) Ten generations.
(c) More than three generations.
(d) One generation.

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

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

14. What was the purpose of the taxes that were imposed on immigrants, according to Takaki?
(a) Law and order.
(b) Revenue.
(c) All citizens should be taxed.
(d) Exclusion of the Chinese.

15. What did the husbands force their Japanese brides to wear upon their arrival to Hawaii?
(a) Western clothes.
(b) Maid outfits.
(c) Kimonas.
(d) Hats.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Chinese workers were hired to work on the railways in 1865?

2. Where did Takaki go to college?

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

4. At what grade did education stop for plantation worker's children?

5. On what type of Hawaiian plantations needed Asian laborers?

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