Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Ronald Takaki
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Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state did the author grow up?
(a) New York.
(b) Alaska.
(c) California.
(d) Hawaii.

2. What industry did many Chinese immigrants move to the United States for?
(a) Gold mining.
(b) Steel mining.
(c) Diamond mining.
(d) Coal mining.

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

4. What was the ethnic composition where the author grew up?
(a) Japanese and Chinese.
(b) Caucasion.
(c) Chinese and African American.
(d) French.

5. What Marxist term does Takaki give the Asian workforce?
(a) Laissez-faire.
(b) Pravda.
(c) The capitalist navy.
(d) The industrial reserve army.

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

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

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

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

10. Where did Takaki go to college?
(a) The Midwest.
(b) The West coast.
(c) The East coast.
(d) The South.

11. How were the Japanese treated similarly to the Chinese immigrants?
(a) Racial prejudice.
(b) With open arms.
(c) As dedicated workers.
(d) With respect.

12. In what year did the plantations in Hawaii deal with multiple strikes?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1934.

13. Where did Chinese immigrants work in New England?
(a) Shoe Factories.
(b) Tire Factories.
(c) Raking leaves.
(d) Maple fields.

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

15. Who did the foreign miners' license tax apply to?
(a) Chinese workers that did not want to become citizens.
(b) Africans.
(c) Chinese workers that were citizens.
(d) Europeans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who believed that the Japanese should have the goal of being settlers?

2. What is a credit ticket?

3. Who did unmarried Hawaiian men use to find brides in Japan?

4. What did immigrants think about Hawaii? Why did they go there?

5. What did the Filipino labor contracts include?

(see the answer keys)

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