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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. When did William Hoper open his sugar mill?
(a) 1835.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1972.

2. Which Chinese group became active in the opium and prostitution rings?
(a) Tongs.
(b) The Orange Dragons.
(c) Fongs.
(d) White Cobras.

3. According to Takaki, what is the occupational structure based on?
(a) Family.
(b) Race.
(c) Gender.
(d) Wealth.

4. What Marxist term does Takaki give the Asian workforce?
(a) The capitalist navy.
(b) Laissez-faire.
(c) Pravda.
(d) The industrial reserve army.

5. What were Asian workers issued that took the place of dollars?
(a) Coins.
(b) Visas.
(c) Stones.
(d) Coupons.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state did the author grow up?

2. What were blood unions based upon?

3. Why did Chinese immigrants go into debt easily?

4. When Hawaii could not longer import Chinese workers, who did they entice to the workforce next?

5. How many Koreans arrived in America between 1903 and 1920?

Short Essay Questions

1. What issues did both Filipino and Korean professionals have when trying to find work in America?

2. What is the life of a first generation immigrant like in America?

3. Who did The Chinese Six Companies support when China became a communist country?

4. Why did the Korean immigrants not have their own community to live in?

5. What happened when the Asian brides arrived in America? What were their reactions?

6. How are Asians discriminated against in modern society?

7. How did WWII change America?

8. Why did Hawaiian business owners began hiring workers other then Chinese immigrants?

9. What is partnership farming and who participated?

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

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