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

2. How many Asians arrived in Hawaii between 1850 and 1920?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 1,000,000.

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

4. What jobs did female Chinese immigrants hold according to Chapter 3?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Housekeepers and prostitutes.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Seamstress.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Takaki assert people think about America's population?

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

3. In what year were plans made for the transcontinental railroad?

4. What industry was very popular for Japanese immigrants to work in?

5. What did Takaki write that contributed to growth of the Asian population in America?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Americans react to Filipino immigration?

2. What are blood unions and what did they later become?

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

4. What were the effects of the big earthquake in 1906?

5. Why did Vietnamese immigrants arrive in America and where did they live when they first arrived?

6. What work did Chinese female immigrants find in America?

7. Why did Korean immigrants clash with Japanese immigrants in America.

8. Explain the term 'paper son.'

9. How did Asian Indians migrate to America?

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

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