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

2. What does diversity in the work place accomplish according to Chapter 2?
(a) The bosses experience multiple cultures.
(b) It prevents one block of immigrants from becoming too powerful.
(c) It makes a positive work environment.
(d) It provides an educational experience.

3. What did the husbands force their Japanese brides to wear upon their arrival to Hawaii?
(a) Western clothes.
(b) Maid outfits.
(c) Kimonas.
(d) Hats.

4. Who did the foreign miners' license tax apply to?
(a) Europeans.
(b) Africans.
(c) Chinese workers that did not want to become citizens.
(d) Chinese workers that were citizens.

5. What were the Indian immigrants attempting to escape in India?
(a) British rule.
(b) The education system.
(c) War.
(d) Genocide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did immigrants think about Hawaii? Why did they go there?

2. How many Chinese workers were hired to work on the railways in 1865?

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

4. What is a credit ticket?

5. Why did Abiko Kyutaro return to Japan prior to moving permanently to America?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were Japanese immigrants similar and different then Chinese immigrants?

2. What name does Takaki give to Asian labor forces and where does the name come from?

3. How does Takaki assert that Asians are discriminated against in Chapter 1?

4. Where did Filipinos come from and why were they considered American citizens?

5. How did Americans react to Filipino immigration?

6. Who is Abiko Kyutaro and what did he accomplish?

7. Why did Chinese immigrants open laundromats?

8. What was the major industry Filipino immigrants became involved in?

9. What were the working conditions of Filipino immigrants?

10. Describe the story of Lung On and Ing Hay.

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