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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the income level of Asian immigrants?
(a) The top 1%.
(b) Above average.
(c) Below average.
(d) Average.

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

3. What war do Americans depict in films cruelly?
(a) WWII.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) The Cold War.
(d) WWI.

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

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

6. Who did The Chinese Six Companies support when China was taken over by communists?
(a) No one.
(b) Communist China.
(c) America.
(d) Kuomintang of Chiang Kai-shek.

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

8. What war resulted in a more diverse America?
(a) WWII.
(b) The Cold War.
(c) WWI.
(d) The Gulf War.

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

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

11. Koreans were accepted ________ their Asian peers.
(a) Less than.
(b) About the same as.
(c) As equals to.
(d) More than.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Unlike their counterparts in Hawaii, what did Filipinos in other states face?

2. Where do the Asian female immigrants typically work in New York?

3. What was the name of the organization laundromat owners formed?

4. Why did Pakistanis migrate to America?

5. Where is Little Taipei located?

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