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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did most Filipinos initially arrive?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Tahoe.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Maul.

2. What did Koreans have to compete with other Asians for?
(a) Scholarships.
(b) Jobs.
(c) Spouses.
(d) Money.

3. In what industry did the majority of Koreans work?
(a) Agriculture.
(b) Finance.
(c) Engineering.
(d) Law.

4. What did Lung On and Ing Hay do when they arrived in America?
(a) Went to college.
(b) Became doctors.
(c) Opened businesses.
(d) Started farming.

5. In whose name did Asian-Indian place their land to avoid the Alien Land Law?
(a) Their fathers.'
(b) Their childrens.
(c) Their mothers.'
(d) Their wives.'

6. Why did people immigrate from Laos?
(a) America invited them.
(b) Civil strife.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Dreams of a better education system.

7. Where is Little Taipei located?
(a) China.
(b) California.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Japan.

8. Why did Chinese immigrants forge documents after the fires in 1906?
(a) To vote.
(b) To own property.
(c) To return to China.
(d) To bring their family to America.

9. Where did Filipinos tend to migrate?
(a) All over.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) California.
(d) Texas.

10. What did Chinese soldiers bring to the United States between 1948 and 1953?
(a) Chinese brides.
(b) Spy documents.
(c) Children.
(d) Drugs.

11. Why did Takaki write this book?
(a) He feels sorry for immigrants.
(b) He loves history.
(c) He is a teacher.
(d) He has family in Hawaii.

12. What does Takaki say separates Asian immigrants from management positions?
(a) Money.
(b) Language.
(c) A glass ceiling.
(d) Education.

13. Where did Vietnamese immigrants stay when they arrived in America?
(a) Family homes.
(b) Military camps.
(c) Hotels.
(d) Family businesses.

14. What does Takaki hope the reader learns about from his book?
(a) Discrimination.
(b) Asian culture.
(c) The history of Hawaii.
(d) The history of immigration.

15. In 1940, what percent of Chinese immigrants lived on the West coast?
(a) 49%.
(b) 92%.
(c) 12%.
(d) 57%.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Hawaiians recruit Asian-Indian workers?

2. Who became the largest ethnic voting block in Hawaii after the war?

3. What did many Filipinos try to be?

4. Whose rule were the Koreans opposed to in Korea?

5. When did a large number of Koreans immigrate to American?

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