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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the organization laundromat owners formed?
(a) Chinese Landromat Alliance.
(b) Chinese Laundry Alliance.
(c) Asian American Workers Union.
(d) Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance.

2. How were Asian immigrants treated in America?
(a) Like equals.
(b) Like lepers.
(c) Like strangers.
(d) Like brothers.

3. How much planning did Vietnamese immigrants do prior to moving to America?
(a) 8 years.
(b) None to very little.
(c) About 6 months.
(d) Two years.

4. Where did Asian-Indian workers work in California?
(a) Gold mines.
(b) The fishing boats.
(c) Steel mills.
(d) The fields.

5. Where did Asian-Indian workers work in Washington?
(a) Libraries.
(b) Steel mills.
(c) Fish markets.
(d) Lumber yards.

6. In what industry did most of the Filipino immigrants work?
(a) Technological industry.
(b) Service industry.
(c) Financial industry.
(d) Engineering industry.

7. Which two populations clashed in America?
(a) Japanese and Korean.
(b) Korean and Chinese.
(c) Chinese and Hispanic.
(d) Hispanic and Korean.

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

9. When did the Chinese communists take over China?
(a) 1923,
(b) 1965.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1949.

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

11. How do educated immigrants function in American society?
(a) They become teachers.
(b) They raise smart children.
(c) They hold high positions.
(d) Their jobs do not reflect their education.

12. Who had conflicts with the Asian-Indian workers?
(a) Korean workers.
(b) Black workers.
(c) Japanese workers.
(d) White workers.

13. What percentage of immigrants live in areas sparsely populated with Asians?
(a) 41%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 5%
(d) 12%

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did people move from Korea to the United States?

2. Why did people immigrate from Laos?

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

4. What did Lung On and Ing Hay do when they arrived in America?

5. What did many Filipinos try to be?

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