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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were Asian-Indian workers subjected to racial slurs?
(a) Because of religion.
(b) Because of food.
(c) Because they dressed differently.
(d) Because of language.

2. When did the Filipinos begin to migrate?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1837.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1905.

3. How long did Lung On and Ing Hay live in America before receiving their letters?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 9 years.
(c) 56 years.
(d) 17 years.

4. What percentage of Korean immigrants have college degrees?
(a) 90%
(b) 25%
(c) 70%.
(d) 2%

5. When did a large number of Koreans immigrate to American?
(a) After 1885.
(b) After the tornado of 1922.
(c) After the earthquake of 1906.
(d) After 1945.

6. Where did the majority of Korean immigrants settle?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Florida.
(c) Maryland.
(d) California.

7. Where did most Asian immigrants settle?
(a) New York and Michigan.
(b) Hawaii, Michigan and Chicago.
(c) California, Hawaii and New York.
(d) Hawaii.

8. What did the McCarran-Watter Act achieve?
(a) It punished hate crimes.
(b) It forgave the abuse of Asian workers.
(c) It prohibited the hiring of Chinese workers.
(d) It made Japanese immigrants equal to all other immigrants.

9. Where did Filipino immigrants work when they moved to Alaska?
(a) Dog sled races.
(b) Fishing boats.
(c) Hunting lodges.
(d) Hotel management.

10. Where did Kuomintang of Chiang Kai-shek flee to?
(a) Tawaiin.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) Paris.
(d) Thailand.

11. Where did the Filipinos arrive from?
(a) An American territory.
(b) A French territory.
(c) A Japanese territory.
(d) A Dutch territory.

12. Why did many Filipino immigrants not practice their profession once they arrived in the United States?
(a) Too much competition.
(b) Lack of licensing requirements.
(c) No interest.
(d) Lack of money,.

13. What were the professions of the second wave of female Filipinos?
(a) Seamstress.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Cooks.
(d) Technical workers.

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

15. Whose rule were the Koreans opposed to in Korea?
(a) Japanese.
(b) French.
(c) British.
(d) American.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Takaki write this book?

2. When did Lung On and Ing Hay come to America?

3. Where did the second generation of Koreans see their future?

4. Where did the Filipino population go initially to find jobs?

5. What illegal papers caused someone to be called a "paper son."

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