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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city in California did Chinese immigrants build China Town?
(a) Tahoe.
(b) San Jose.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) San Francisco.

2. What organization supported Chinese immigrants and protested their poor treatment?
(a) Chinese Star Shooters.
(b) NAAPP.
(c) Chinese Six Companies.
(d) FBI.

3. Why did Abiko Kyutaro return to Japan prior to moving permanently to America?
(a) To collect his children.
(b) To find a job.
(c) To find a wife.
(d) To pay off debts.

4. What types of businesses did Japanese immigrants open?
(a) Fruit and vegetable farms.
(b) Forest preserves.
(c) Medical practices.
(d) Banks.

5. What does Takaki assert people think about America's population?
(a) That the population is white.
(b) That America is a melting pot.
(c) That the population is Asian.
(d) That the population is diverse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the ethnic composition where the author grew up?

2. Which policy worker called for the use of Chinese workers on the transcontinental railroad?

3. What is a credit ticket?

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

5. How would unmarried Hawaiian men select Japanese brides?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the McCarran-Watter Act declare?

2. What did Filipino immigrants do when they lived in Alaska?

3. What major ruling by the courts in 1910 effected Asian Indians and who overturned the decision?

4. How are Asians discriminated against in modern society?

5. How did Chinese immigrants come to work on the Transcontinental Railroad in 1848?

6. What is partnership farming and who participated?

7. Why did the Japanese limit Korean immigration?

8. What jobs did Filipino women hold prior to coming to America?

9. Why did Chinese immigrants open laundromats?

10. Define the Tongs and the Fongs.

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